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- The United States plans to end military aid to Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga force.
- The aid memorandum expires on 30 September 2026, the same day U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq.
- The Peshmerga received $61 million in FY2026 for weapons, training and stipends.
- Iran and allied militias launched 158 missile or drone attacks, prompting Yerevan Saeed to warn of a power vacuum.
