Netherlands suspends government mission in Iraq over security threat - ANP agency

Netherlands suspends government mission in Iraq over security threat - ANP agency
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government has suspended a mission in Iraq that provides assistance to local authorities due to a security threat, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Wednesday.

Dutch military personal help train Iraqi forces in Erbil, northern Iraq, along with other foreign troops.

The report gave no details about the nature of the threat.

(Reporting by Anthony Deutsch and Toby Sterling; editing by John Stonestreet)

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