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50 US Troops Deployed in Western Iraq
(MENAFN- QNA) A team of 50 US troops has deployed in Iraq's western Anbar province for the first time in the fight against Islamic State organisation (ISIS).
US officials Monday said the team is visiting the al-Asad Air Base to survey the facility for potential use for a larger advise-and-assist operation, according to the Voice of America website (VOA).
The al-Asad base supplies tribal fighters and Iraqi forces holding on to the Haditha Dam, a critical piece of Iraq's infrastructure.
This US move comes after President Barack Obama announced plans last week to double the number of troops in Iraq, approving an additional 1,500 forces that will include trainers and advisers for Anbar.
A string of battlefield defeats for Iraqi forces has led to warnings that Anbar, which stretches from borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to the western approach to Baghdad, could fall entirely.
US officials Monday said the team is visiting the al-Asad Air Base to survey the facility for potential use for a larger advise-and-assist operation, according to the Voice of America website (VOA).
The al-Asad base supplies tribal fighters and Iraqi forces holding on to the Haditha Dam, a critical piece of Iraq's infrastructure.
This US move comes after President Barack Obama announced plans last week to double the number of troops in Iraq, approving an additional 1,500 forces that will include trainers and advisers for Anbar.
A string of battlefield defeats for Iraqi forces has led to warnings that Anbar, which stretches from borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to the western approach to Baghdad, could fall entirely.
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