U.S., Allies Training Kurds on Using Sophisticated Weaponry Against Islamic State Program Prepares Regional Iraqi Force for Stepped Up Fight Against Islamic State Extremists

U.S., Allies Training Kurds on Using Sophisticated Weaponry Against Islamic State

Program Prepares Regional Iraqi Force for Stepped Up Fight Against Islamic State Extremists

ERBIL, Iraq—The U.S. military and its allies have launched an urgent effort to train Kurdish forces to use sophisticated weapons that the West is expected to supply in the coming months for a stepped up counteroffensive against the extremist group Islamic State.

For the past month, American, British and French advisers have been training fighters from the semiautonomous Kurdistan region in battlefield techniques at military bases...

Wall Street Journal

During a recent visit to the ministry, American, British, French and other military advisers from the coalition rushed in and out of meetings with Kurdish officers. Inside the Joint Operations Center, a handful of Kurdishofficers worked on large ...