IRAQI PARLIAMENT VOTES TO EXPEL U.S. TROOPS

Why in News?

• The Iraqi Parliament  called on the government to work to end all foreign troop presence in the country as the backlash grew against the killing of top Iranian military General Qassem Soleiman

Details:

• A resolution passed by a special session of Parliament said the government should cancel its request for assistance from a U.S.A.­ led coalition. Parliament resolutions, unlike laws, are non­binding.