US plans to send 400 military trainers to Iraq amid fight against ISIL
The United States is planning to use an Iraqi base in central Anbar Province to house 400 American military specialists who will train the country’s forces amid fighting against Islamic State radicals, The New York Times reports citing American officials, according to Sputnik.
A final decision on the new training operation near the town of Habbaniyah has not been announced yet, the newspaper said on Tuesday, adding that US plans to send additional specialists to Iraq come in the wake of the capture of the city of Ramadi by ISIL militants.
The United States currently has 3,000 troops in Iraq in a training capacity and continues to carry out airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Iraq, as well as Syria, where the Sunni radicals have also ceased vast territories.