US sending advisers to help Iraq army push on Mosul
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US forces will move advisers and other staff to an Iraqi airfied recaptured from ISIS to help locals organise a push on Mosul, the militants' largest stronghold, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said before arriving in Baghdad on Monday.
Iraqi government forces said on Saturday they took back control of Qayara airbase, about 60 km (40 miles) from the northern city, backed by air cover from a US-led military coalition.
The recapture of Mosul, on major supply roads running further north to the borders of Syria and Turkey, would be a major boost for the Iraqi government and US plans to weaken the group which has launched and inspired attacks in the West.
