At U.S. urging, NATO agrees training mission in Iraq
(WorldNews Belgium)

NATO defense ministers agreed on Thursday a bigger `train-and-advise` mission in Iraq after a U.S. call for the alliance to help stabilize the country after three years of war against Islamic State. Part of a broader international effort to help rebuild Iraq as combat operations wind down, the NATO military alliance will train Iraqi soldiers as they clear unexploded remnants of war left behind by ISIS, but will not provide troops for combat. ......