On October 24, 2017, BBC Arabic website reported US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, calling for "Iran-backed militia to leave Iraq" and “to go home", with the fighting against ISIS ending, and that the foreign fighters in Iraq need to go home and allow the Iraqi people to regain control.

Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah Pakistan protested against Pakistan's rulers accepting the US Secretary of State to visit Pakistan, extending him diplomatic protocol and entertaining his new requests of Pakistan. Mr. Rex Tillerson's visit to Pakistan comes at a critical juncture for Trump, as Trump struggles for a face saving solution from the Afghan quagmire, in which an agreement with the Taliban would allow a continued US presence.

Al-Raya Newspaper: Prominent Headlines of Issue 153