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Two Basra airport officials told Reuters that Iraq refused landing to a plane carrying Iran's national football team on 10 November 2026, citing US sanctions on Iranian airlines; Al Jazeera reports the team will now travel by road.
A drone struck the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region on 8 November 2026, and security sources cited by Reuters said production was halted.
Iraq's foreign minister said the United States asked Iraq to close all but two of its border crossings with Iran, according to Reuters and Anadolu Agency; the reports do not include any US or Iranian response.
An Iraqi court on 27 October 2026 sentenced six French nationals to life in prison and a seventh to 15 years after convicting them of Islamic State membership, according to a Reuters witness in the courtroom.
Headlines from Anadolu Agency and TASS say Russia has welcomed the withdrawal of the US military presence from Iraq, with TASS attributing the statement to an unnamed diplomat.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards called the US withdrawal from Iraq a "historic victory," as Iraq's prime minister set 30 June 2027 as the latest date for addressing weapons outside state control, a timetable Iran-backed factions say does not bind them.
The Pentagon says US forces have left Iraq under a 2024 agreement with Baghdad, handing primary security responsibility to the Iraqi government while promising continued training and intelligence support.
Iran and allied armed groups welcome the scheduled pullout, according to Daily Sabah and the South China Morning Post, while Iraqi analysts, officials and a tribal leader warn of greater Iranian influence and a possible Islamic State resurgence.