US Sends Some 600 Troop Reinforcements to Iraq: US Officials

US Sends Some 600 Troop Reinforcements to Iraq: US Officials
Wed Sep 28, 2016 19:37:13

US officials have announced on Wednesday that United States will send around 600 more troops to train and advise Iraqi forces for an offensive to retake Mosul.

The United States will deploy around 600 more troops to train and advise Iraqi forces for an offensive to retake Mosul, ISIL (Daesh/ISIS/IS) group's last major bastion in Iraq, US officials said Wednesday.

The reinforcements were requested by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, US officials said.

A US official said the number to be announced later in the day by the Pentagon was "around 600;" AFP reported.

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