12 April 2012
The US military announced that 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September.
Major General David Perkins said that will reduce US combat power from 14 brigades to 12 brigades.
He also said that the US is turning over more facilities to the Iraqi military as part of the drawdown.
President Barack Obama has decided to remove all combat troops by the end of August 2010 with all troops gone by the end of 2011.
The 4,000 British troops due to leave are the last British soldiers in Iraq.
There are currently about 135,000 US troops in Iraq.
