{"id":56517,"date":"2020-02-13T00:08:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T00:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/13\/nato-eyes-boosting-iraq-army-training-still-needs-iraqs-ok\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:01:33","slug":"nato-eyes-boosting-iraq-army-training-still-needs-iraqs-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2020\/02\/13\/nato-eyes-boosting-iraq-army-training-still-needs-iraqs-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO eyes boosting Iraq army training, still needs Iraq\u2019s OK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRUSSELS \u2014 NATO is ready to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/22\/nato-chief-seeks-beefed-up-training-role-in-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\">expand its military training effort in Iraq<\/a>, the alliance\u2019s top civilian official said Wednesday, but the Iraqi government is not yet ready to approve the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canada-led operation was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/04\/nato-suspends-training-iraqi-soldiers-over-security-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\"> launched in 2018 but suspended last month<\/a> after a U.S. missile strike at Baghdad Airport killed Iran\u2019s top general and Iraq\u2019s government and lawmakers demanded that foreign troops leave. U.S. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nato-2020-defined\/2020\/01\/08\/trump-wants-nato-to-be-more-involved-in-the-middle-east-that-may-take-some-convincing\/\" target=\"_blank\">has demanded that U.S. allies do more<\/a> in the Mideast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NATO plan now is to move hundreds of trainers working with the international force fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq to NATO\u2019s own mission helping to build up the Iraqi army. No additional personnel would be deployed to the strife-torn country. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/02\/12\/nato-set-for-iraq-troop-trainer-swap-to-mollify-us-demands\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5598703.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">NATO set for Iraq troop trainer-swap to mollify US demands<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">NATO countries are preparing to move more than 200 trainers working with the international force fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq to the military alliance\u2019s own mission there helping to build up the Iraqi army in response to President Donald Trump\u2019s demand that U.S. allies do more in the Middle East, senior officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After chairing talks between NATO defense ministers, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that they \u201cagreed in principle to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/02\/12\/us-to-seek-more-help-from-nato-to-counter-islamic-state\/\" target=_blank>enhance\u201d the training effort in Iraq.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the first instance, this will consist of taking on some of the global coalition\u2019s current training activities. Ministers also agreed to explore what more we can do,\u201d he told reporters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked why no agreement was reached Wednesday with the Iraqi government on green-lighting the move, Stoltenberg said only that \u201cwe are already in Iraq based on an invitation from Iraq and we will only stay as long as we are welcome.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverything we do will be in close consultation and coordination with the Iraqi government,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stoltenberg provided no details of how many troops might shift to the current training force numbering about 500 or what new activities they might eventually undertake. He said more would be known once he meets with top officials in the anti-IS coalition in Munich, Germany on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have said \u201ca couple of hundred\u201d troops would move. The first step would be to expand the training to three more bases in central Iraq. A second step, possibly over the summer, would see the mission\u2019s mandate changed to take over more activities currently handled by the coalition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike the global coalition, NATO troops are not involved in combat operations in Iraq. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite Trump\u2019s insistence that NATO do more in the Mideast, there is little appetite among European allies and Canada to deploy troops in the region beyond the training effort, even though the United States is by far the biggest and most influential of NATO\u2019s 29 member countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some allies even believe the U.S. missile strike in Baghdad has complicated the fight against Islamic State extremists. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO is ready to expand its military training effort in Iraq, the alliance\u2019s top civilian official said Wednesday, but the Iraqi government is not yet 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