Germany to send 550 More Troops to Mali, Iraq Missions

Coalition Forces Train Kurdish Peshmerga Troops To Fight Against ISIL
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BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet decided Wednesday to deploy an additional 550 troops to missions against jihadi fighters in Mali and Iraq.

They will be deployed in Mali, to relieve French forces in their fight against jihadis, and in northern Iraq, to train Kurdish troops also battling IS.