The US military is requesting authority to send up to 500 new troops to Iraq ahead of a much-anticipated campaign to take back Mosul from Islamic State, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. “The new deployment would bring the overall U.S. presence to as high as 6,400,” it said, noting ...
Iraq announced Thursday that its forces have recaptured a northern town from the ISIL group in an operation launched ahead of a push for the city of Mosul. Security forces began the operation on Tuesday to oust the ISIL group from Sharqat, a town near supply lines needed for the ...
