Britain to send hundreds more troops to Iraq

December 14, 2014 14:09

Hundreds more British troops are being sent to Iraq next month to bolster the fight against Islamic State militants, compounding fears of mission creep. The defence secretary, Michael Fallon announced an additional deployment of British combat-ready troops numbering in the low hundreds to help train local forces battling IS forces, who control vast swathes of northen Syria and neighbouring Iraq.

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