MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. The United States’ incursion into Iraq triggered decades-long instability in the region, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

"The 12-year-long presence of the so-called anti-ISIS international coalition in Iraq ended on September 12. All the remaining in the country - primarily in Iraqi Kurdistan - US and their allies’ military bases have completely been transferred under the control of the Iraqi military. This means that the Iraqi parliament’s resolution passed as far back as January 2020 that reflects the nation’s resolve to restore and consolidate state sovereignty after years of the external forces’ presence has been implemented," she stressed, adding that this presence that began after the United States’ incursion under an invented pretext in 2003 triggered instability in the entire region.