The Slovenian Defence Ministry says Slovenian soldiers will stay in Iraq, despite the escalation of tensions.
The soldiers will stay on in the Erbil military base in the north of Iraq, but the ministry said it was closely monitoring the situation.
Meanwhile, Germany and Croatia announced they would be pulling their troops from Iraq to neighboring countries. That, after Iraq's parliament passed a resolution calling on the government to expel all foreign troops from the country. That, after the US killing of Iran's top general in Baghdad.