The fact remains that the British army, which has laid siege on Basra, has done nothing so far to repair the damaged power transmission lines.

British forces have pulled out of Basra Palace, the onetime southern residence of Saddam Hussein that became the symbol of the UK's role in the US-led invasion.

British forces were digging in around this strategic city today as the push to take and secure it turned into a siege.

British troops began their withdrawal from their final remaining base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday, ending their permanent presence in Iraq's second-largest city.

UK troops complete Basra pullback Former palace in the centre of the southern city handed over to Iraq forces. The Basra palace base was handed over to Iraqi troops after the British withdrawal [AFP] ...

British troops began withdrawing Sunday from their last remaining base inside the southern Iraqi city of Basra, lawmakers and officials said. Around 550 soldiers stationed in the Basra Palace base ...

24 missiles simultaneously on what the group said was the British base in Basra. The variety of weapons shown on the video seems more sophisticated than those used by other insurgent groups in Iraq.

A soldier was killed in a mortar strike in Iraq yesterday, the first member of the British forces to die in a direct attack on a base.

BASRA, Iraq, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Britain withdrew its contingent overnight from a joint headquarters it shared with Iraqi police in Basra as part of plans to pull its troops out of Iraq's second ...

British and American personnel stationed in Basra held multiple ceremonies to honor those who were killed in Iraq during World War I and the current conflict.

British troops are pulling out of a base at a palace in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday, a Ministry of Defence source said.

British forces have pulled out of Basra Palace, the onetime southern residence of Saddam Hussein that became the symbol of the UK's role in the US-led invasion.