By David Francis with Sabine Muscat
U.S. Central Command develops plans to retake Mosul. In a highly unusual briefing to reporters about future battle plans, a Pentagon official said U.S. forces will train five Iraqi brigades to launch a spring offensive to recapture the city lost to the Islamic State last year. Planners have yet to decide if U.S. advisors or other American troops would be involved in the fight, FP’s Kate Brannen and Seán D. Naylor report.
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Source: Foreign Policy
