At the peak in 2003, Britain had 46,000 troops in Iraq. The Iraq war has been profoundly divisive in Britain and was a key reason Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped down in June 2007.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Britain's Iraq war is effectively coming to an end, but don't expect champagne. In less than two weeks British troops will hand over security responsibility for Basra, the last ...

Despite two other official probes into aspects of the Iraq war, both in 2004, "there is a real hunger for accountability in the U.K.," Ross said.

Today more than 2,000 people marched from London’s Trafalgar Square to Parliament to demand a complete withdrawal of British troops. In all, 170 British troops have died in Iraq since the March 2003 ...

Brown said the reductions -- down from about 5,000 British soldiers now -- were possible because of the progress made in training Iraq security forces. He described the situation in Basra in ...

Britain has replaced its ambassador to Iraq weeks after he angered the government in Baghdad with what it called a bleak portrayal of the country. The Foreign Office said Stephen Hitchen was ...

U.S. and British officials insist their governments agree on security arrangements in Iraq after the June 30 handover of power. But representatives of both governments acknowledge they have yet to ...

By taking a wide scope and examining almost every aspect of the war, from Britain’s pre-Sept. 11 policies on Iraq to the end of British combat operations in April of this year, the Iraq inquiry ...

British troops would likely stay in the southern Basra region until at least 2008, training local forces, working to secure the Iran-Iraq border and maintaining supply routes to U.S. and coalition ...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown testifies Friday before the Iraq Inquiry, a public panel in Britain taking evidence about the country's involvement in the Iraq war. Brown was finance minister ...

LONDON - Britain will send a further 400 troops to Iraq in an attempt to maintain security in the period around planned Jan. 30 elections, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said today.