WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US Special Presidential Envoy for the Coalition to Counter Daesh Brett McGurk will hold meetings in Iraq on advancing the campaign against the terrorists, according to the envoy’s Twitter message on Wednesday.
Departing #Kuwait for #Iraq after productive coalition meetings to coordinate next phase of campaign to defeat #ISIL pic.twitter.com/QBsuHZlCMf
— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) 27 апреля 2016 г.
Daesh has been designated as a terrorist group and is outlawed in the United States, Russia and numerous other countries. The infamous group has seized large areas in Iraq and Syria, and declared a caliphate on territories under its control.
Washington will also provide Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Iraq with up to $415 million in financial assistance to support the fight against the terrorists.