President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar a-Abadi have agreed to send around 600 extra US troops to Iraq to help in the upcoming Mosul offensive, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday. The leaders have “approved, and they’ve both directed that the United States increase its contingent of forces ...
Iraq has asked Washington to send additional trainers and advisors ahead of the battle to retake second city Mosul from the ISIL group, the premier’s office said Wednesday. Iraq has requested “a final increase in the number of American trainers and advisors to support the heroic Iraqi security forces in ...
