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US combat troops will not stay in Iraq after IS fight ends: PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said, no US combat troops will stay in the country after the end of fight against the Islamic State terror group. <br/><br/>In a statement in Baghdad, the Prime Minister said, the American troops will then only have an advisory role to help security forces maintain full readiness for any future security challenges.<br/><br/>Iraqi forces are currently fighting to retake the last remaining Mosul neighbourhoods from Islamic State militants in the city's western half.

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