Several thousand Iraqi federal police are ready to join the assault against the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in east Mosul, a spokesman said on Monday, reinforcing troops who have faced weeks of fierce counter-attacks from the militants. The extra forces are being deployed ...
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Iraq Sunday to discuss the coming stages of the ongoing operation to retake the city of Mosul from the ISIL Takfiri group. Carter had arrived in Baghdad and would “survey key locations directly supporting the battle for Mosul,” the Pentagon said in a ...