CENTCOM commander Gen Votel discuss Mosul war with Iraq PM in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq--The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and the the commander of the US Central Command General Joseph Votel discussed on Friday the ongoing war against the so-called Islamic State in Mosul where the Iraqi forces, supported by the US-led coalition, has made slow progress in their push into the city of Mosul, northern Iraq, a statement from the Iraqi PM office said
“They discussed the course of the Mosul battle, the advance of our heroic forces in all the fronts, and the training and arming of the Iraqi forces,”the statement read from the Iraqi PM office following the meeting in Baghdad.
The statement added that General Votel reaffirmed their continued support to Iraq in the war against ISIS, and the training and arming of the Iraqi forces.
This meeting comes as the Iraqi air force received four more F16 fighter jets from the United States on Friday, bringing the total of the delivered fighter jets to 14 in four phases since 2014.
The US-led coalition carried out 12 air strikes in support of the Iraqi forces in different parts of the country, including in Mosul.