France will withdraw its contingent of troops from Iraq, mostly trainers to local armed forces, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the chief of staff said on Wednesday. France has around 200 military personnel working in Iraq either as trainers or in the headquarters of coalition forces in Baghdad. Visit our dedicated coronavirus site here for all the latest updates. “In coordination with the Iraqi government, the coalition has decided to adjust its deployments in Iraq and provisionally suspend training activities,” it said in a statement. The UK defense ministry had already announced some of its troops would come home, citing a “reduced requirement for training” Iraqi security forces. Iraq’s military had halted all training in early March to minimize the risk of the illness spreading among its forces, including from the US-led coalition helping fight remnants of ISIS. Read more: French coronavirus death toll hits 1,000, lockdown likely to be extended Iraq imposes nation-wide lockdown to contain coronavirus Coronavirus: Iraq’s civil defense enforces a night curfew in Basra اي استفسار أو طلب خاص بخصوص التوظيف يمكنك التواصل مع الابميل التالي – مجير الموقع : alturky28@gmail.com لطلبات التصميم او البرمجة التواصل مع : hamzalaabar@gmail.com The post France withdraws its troops from Iraq due to the coronavirus pandemic appeared first on السعودية وطن.