The US withdrawal from Iraq ends a disastrous 23-year military occupation launched on false WMD claims, marked by immense civilian suffering and documented abuses, and leaves Iraqis confronting the war’s enduring consequences and rebuilding their sovereignty.

Trump entered confrontation with West Asia, boasting of quick victories and unconditional surrender, convinced that economic strangulation and imperialist aggression would bring Iran to its knees.

A senior member of the Ansarullah resistance movement says the Yemeni Armed Forces have shot down a Saudi reconnaissance drone over the northern province of Sa’ada.

Iraqi anti-terror resistance group Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada rejects any surrender of its weapons.

At least six Palestinians are killed and several others, including children, injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources report.

The US Navy says four personnel were injured in a “mishap” off Virginia, while separate official data point to as many as 38 casualties across West Asia in September.

The Israeli police provide protection for around 1,500 illegal settlers staging an incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque’s compound, while Palestinians face tight restrictions.