Last UK and US troops leave Iraq as anti-Islamic State mission ends
- The last British and American troops have left Iraq after a military presence of more than a decade in the country.
- The exit of the remaining UK military personnel - around 100 - from Irbil, in the northern Kurdistan region, was co-ordinated over recent weeks with US forces, who also departed on Wednesday.
- It follows an agreement between the US and the Iraqi government, signed two years ago, to withdraw foreign troops by the end of this month.
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- The last British and American troops have left Iraq after a military presence of more than a decade in the country.
- The exit of the remaining UK military personnel - around 100 - from Irbil, in the northern Kurdistan region, was co-ordinated over recent weeks with US forces, who also departed on Wednesday.
- It follows an agreement between the US and the Iraqi government, signed two years ago, to withdraw foreign troops by the end of this month.
Sources: BBC News