一架C-130运输机在埃尔比勒空军基地的跑道上加速后，迎着金色的夕阳腾空而起。10月1日星期四，随着2025年10月开始的逐步撤军行动完成，最后一批约1,500名美军及联军士兵离开了伊拉克，他们大多驻扎在伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区的这座城市。
The C-130 lined up on the runway at Erbil Air Base, sped up and took off into the golden sunset. On Thursday, October 1, the last of the remaining 1,500 American and coalition soldiers, most of them concentrated in this city in Iraqi Kurdistan, left Iraq after a gradual withdrawal that began in October 2025.
这标志着“坚定决心行动”的正式结束。该行动是2014年发起的打击“伊斯兰国”国际联军中的美国部分。法国的“沙马尔行动”也于9月宣告结束，约有600名法国士兵曾参与该行动。其中，阿诺·弗里翁少校于3月12日在埃尔比勒地区的一次无人机袭击中不幸牺牲。
It was the official end of Operation Inherent Resolve, the American component of the international coalition against the Islamic State group (IS), launched in 2014. The French equivalent, Operation Chammal, also ended in September; around 600 French soldiers had been deployed in Iraq as part of it. One of them, Major Arnaud Frion, was fatally wounded in a drone attack on March 12 in the Erbil region. The Iraqi government declared October 1 a day of celebration.
伊拉克政府将10月1日定为庆祝日。巴格达的多条街道被精心装点，警车上也挂满了气球与彩带。尽管西方军队在伊拉克的存在已日渐稀少，但他们的撤离仍具有重要的象征意义。
Several streets in Baghdad were decorated, and police cars were adorned with balloons and ribbons. While their presence had become minimal, the departure of Western troops was a symbol. Their departure ends more than 23 years of military presence in the country, beginning with the March 2003 invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.
此次撤离标志着西方军队在伊拉克长达23年军事存在的终结。这一历史始于2003年3月推翻萨达姆·侯赛因政权的入侵行动。继阿富汗战争之后，这场战争引发了席卷全国的暴力浪潮，给伊拉克带来了深重破坏与创伤。据最保守的估计，战争及随后的占领已导致超过11.5万名伊拉克人及4,500名美军士兵丧生。而这场动荡的影响范围更是远远超出了伊拉克国界。
That campaign, following on the heels of the war in Afghanistan, unleashed a whirlwind of violence that divided, destroyed, and scarred Iraq. The war and subsequent occupation claimed the lives of more than 115,000 Iraqis, according to the most conservative estimates, and 4,500 Americans. But the turmoil extended far beyond the country's borders. You have 80.89% of this article left to read. The rest is forrs only.