The United States is sending 560 additional troops to Iraq in a push to retake the city of Mosul, currently under the control of the Islamic State. Over the next few weeks the soldiers will be sent to Qayyarah Air Base, a site 40 miles south of the city, which was recaptured by Iraqi forces on Saturday, July 9.

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