JERUSALEM — An expected White House decision to send several hundred more troops to Iraq to expand training of Iraqi forces in Anbar province is not a shift in U.S. strategy but is aimed at helping Iraq retake the provincial capital, Ramadi, and eventually blunt the Islamic State's battlefield momentum. The decision, which could be announced as
US Sending More Troops To Iraq For Expanded ‘Training Mission’
There now are slightly fewer than 3,100 U.S. troops there in training, advising, security and other support roles.