German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet decided to deploy an additional troops to missions against jihadist fighters in Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
They will be deployed in Mali, to relieve French forces in their fight against jihadists as well as in Iraqi Kurdistan Region to train Kurdish Peshmerga forces battling IS militants.
The boost to the two missions must be approved by parliament, which is seen likely in coming weeks given the strong majority of Merkel’s coalition government.
In Kurdistan Region, Germany will boost from 50 to 150 troops its mission to provide weapons training to Peshmerga troops.
basnews.com
