NATO looking to conduct counter-IS training in Iraq

The NATO alliance will likely decide to start conducting counter-Islamic State training inside Iraq during the NATO summit in Warsaw, according to a senior NATO official and a senior U.S. official close to the talks. “That decision will likely be taken tomorrow … and I predict will be agreed,” the NATO official said on the […]

The NATO alliance will likely decide to start conducting counter-Islamic State training inside Iraq during the NATO summit in Warsaw, according to a senior NATO official and a senior U.S. official close to the talks.
“That decision will likely be taken tomorrow … and I predict will be agreed,” the NATO official said on the condition of anonymity.
The official said the move inside Iraq would allow NATO to “scale up” the training, both in terms of the number of tasks offered to Iraqis and number of Iraqis trained.
If approved by leaders, the move would come as the United States is pushing for the NATO alliance to become a coalition member in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to senior defense officials.