Report: 1,500 Iranian troops cross into Iraq to fight Islamic State
Reports from Al Jazeera news agency indicated Friday that some 1,500 Iranian soldiers had crossed the border into Iraq to join the fight against the Islamic State which has captured large swaths of territory in Iraq and has nearly reached the Iranian border as they threaten the atonymous Kurdish region of the country.
According to the report, Iranian forces moved to attack the town of Jalawla, but decided to delay a planned offensive and pulled back some way toward the border.
