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(U.S. Navy)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/09/29/us-forces-exiting-iraq-after-2-decades-leaving-opening-for-iran/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-29T14:40:57.17Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Navy Times</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-29T14:40:57.17Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[US forces exiting Iraq after 2 decades, leaving opening for Iran]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/J_4KPewZr59pNPa0x7bi0RPWT9k=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/TMGJG4YFUJC5FBS55ARIXHX7UQ.JPG</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Vehicles at a street in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2026. (Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>