Reuters, 16/12 12:46 CET
By Yeganeh Torbati
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter was on Wednesday hoping to discuss with
Iraqi officials Washington’s offer of attack helicopters and advisers to
help retake the city of Ramadi as part of an intensified fight against
Islamic State.
Carter said he would also be speaking to U.S. commanders
during his visit to Baghdad to get a reading on the battlefield and
“their thinking about ways that we can continue to accelerate the
campaign to defeat ISIL”.
Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL,
is an ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim group that controls swathes of
territory in Syria and Iraq and has a presence in other Arab countries
such as Egypt and Libya.
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Source: Euronews
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