Britain planning to dispatch more troops to Iraq
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Britain is considering sending hundreds of troops to Iraq, officials say.
UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon says his country will send more British troops to Iraq to train Iraqi forces in the fight against Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
According to Press TV, Fallon made the announcement ahead of a meeting of defense ministers and representatives from 12 countries from the so-called anti-Daesh coalition in the German city of Stuttgart on Wednesday.
“Make no mistake! Iraqi forces have Daesh on the back foot and are retaking territory, hitting its finances and striking its leadership. Now is the time to build on recent success and we are looking hard at what more we can offer as Iraqi combat operations intensify,” Fallon said.
The exact number of the British forces has not been declared, but sources say the “trainers and engineers” could number in the “low hundreds.”
Some 300 UK military personnel are currently in Iraq, training Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.
The British minister also said that London plans to provide Peshmerga fighters with more ammunition for their machine guns.
During the Wednesday meeting, officials from the US-led collation agreed to do more in their purported campaign against Daesh terrorists.
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