Exclusive: Iraq Militia Issues Trump Ultimatum on US Troops

A senior official of a powerful Iraqi militia has told Newsweek that U.S. President Donald Trump must live up to his predecessor's commitment to withdraw troops from the country by the end of the year amid a series of escalations that have once again put the Middle East on the brink of a larger conflict.

"Trump is obligated to withdraw his forces from Iraq by the end of 2025, and they must abide by their pledges to the Iraqi government," Firas al-Yasser, a member of the Nujaba Movement's Political Council, told Newsweek. "We know that the occupying American forces cannot withstand the advanced and modern strikes of the resistance."

The Nujaba Movement is part of an umbrella of Iraqi factions operating under the banner of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. The bloc is included in the broader Iran-aligned Axis of Resistance coalition that has intervened on behalf of the Palestinian Hamas movement in its war with Israel, deemed the "Al-Aqsa Flood." While Iraqi factions have largely suspended their campaign of rocket...
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