Iraqi soldiers stand guard outside the Halfaya oil field near the southern city of Amara on December 12. Iranian troops who for three days controversially occupied a disputed border oil well have left the facility during the night but remain on Iraqi soil, Iraq's government spokesman has said. (AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)Iraq Says Iranian Troops Withdrawn From Oil Well
Iraqi officials say Iranian troops have withdrawn from a disputed oil well on their border. A government spokesman says the Iranians left during the night. Iraqi officials say 11 Iranian soldiers seized the well (Number 4) in the al-Fakkah oil field in Maysan province Friday, and that Iranian soldiers remained there Saturday.
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