**All remaining British troops in Iraq have been relocated to Kuwait because the Iraqi government has yet to extend their right to remain.**A mandate allowing UK forces to stay in Iraq expires on 31 July and about 150 personnel have been moved out until an agreement is reached.
The mandate has not yet passed its third reading in the Iraqi parliament.
Most UK troops have already been withdrawn from Iraq but some remained to train the new Iraqi navy.
The UK government is discussing the position with Iraqi authorities but the troops could be forced to stay out of the country for a few weeks, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said.
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth revealed in a letter to his Conservative shadow counterpart, Liam Fox, that British troops could be out of Iraq until late September, due to its parliamentary recess and religious fasting period of Ramadan.