Ten thousand members of the Iraqi security forces surround Ramadi, but United States officials have expressed frustration at how long it has taken Iraqi security forces to take back the city.
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Washington has sought to step up its military campaign against the jihadists, who have killed thousands of non-Sunni people in Iraq and Syria and claimed responsibility for attacks in the West, including shootings and suicide bombings in Paris on November 13 that killed 130 people.
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The U.S. expects to deliver equipment to Peshmerga fighters who will assist in the retaking of Mosul, arranging for shipment of the equivalent of two brigades worth of arms and ammunition to be used for the “encirclement” of Mosul, Mr. Carter said.
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Kurdish forces backed by coalition air strikes have repulsed the most serious attack by Islamic State group in Iraq in five months, U.S. officials say.
Davutoğlu was speaking at a press conference in Ankara shortly after militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fired rockets at the base in northern Iraq where Turkish troops are stationed.
Davis said the withdrawal should not be seen as a change in the US commitment to Turkey or to the counter-ISIS campaign.
The attack was ISIS’s “offensive approach to protecting Mosul” and targeted Kurdish fighting positions less than 20 miles from the city, Odom said.
The initial Islamic State attack on Ramadi on Tuesday morning broke through Iraqi defenses on the Palestine bridge north of the city, opening the way toward the military’s Anbar operations center, Warren said.
The militants attacked in squad and platoon-size units in tactical vehicles and armored bulldozers.
On Wednesday, Mr. Carter urged the central government of Iraq in Baghdad to accept offers of American assistance to help accelerate the fight against Islamic State.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and President of Iraq’a northern Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, shake hands before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.
A key USA priority is for Turkey to finally close a stretch of its border with Syria that IS controls on the Syrian side, denying the extremist group a crucial corridor for funneling foreign fighters into Syria.
“This was an attempt by ISIL (Islamic State) to breach peshmerga defensive lines following significant losses in recent months”, read the statement.
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On Wednesday, Islamic State militants launched an attack on Camp Bashiqa, killing seven Kurds and injuring some Turkish troops.
