Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May meets British troops and watches training of Iraqi security forces at the Camp Taji military base near Baghdad, Iraq, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi meets with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Baghdad,Iraq, November 29, 2017. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERSBritish Prime Minister Theresa May talks to soldiers at the Combined Joint Operations Centre (CJOC) in Baghdad, Iraq November 29, 2017 REUTERS/Leon Neal/PoolIranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi forces in western Mosul, northern Iraq. REUTERSCAIRO – 1 December 2017: Theresa May became, on Wednesday, the first British Prime Minister to visit Iraq in almost a decade after the latest visit by Gordon Brown in 2008. The UK has about 600 troops in Iraq, almost all involved in training the Iraqi Security Forces and not involved in a direct combat role.

Source: Egypt Today December 01, 2017 16:52 UTC