The last Spanish soldiers pulled out of their former base in the southern Iraqi town of Diwaniyah on Friday and were expected to cross the border into neighbouring Kuwait within hours, Spanish national radio station RNE reported.
It was not possible to immediately confirm the report with the Spanish defence ministry.
Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who came to power in a surprise election upset in March, is fulfilling a campaign pledge to pull his country's forces from Iraq.
The bulk of the Spanish contingent, originally of 1,430 troops, left the war-torn country on April 28, with a small number of troops handling the withdrawal. Spanish soldiers finished withdrawing from their main base in the southern city of Najaf on April 27.
Spanish forces transferred operations at Diwaniyah to US forces on Sunday.
Zapatero said last week he was glad that he decided to withdraw his country's troops from Iraq, especially given the upsurge in violence by insurgents and the scandal over abuse of Iraqi prisoners by coalition soldiers.
Speaking to parliament, Zapatero said the pullout "is a decision with which I am increasingly satisfied for having made it when I did".
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