"Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk visited Iraq to meet with senior Iraqi government and security officials," the statement read. "Accompanied by US Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones, Mr. McGurk met with Prime Minister Abadi, KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Anbar Governor Rawi, and other Iraqi leaders to discuss next steps in the campaign."
McGurk emphasized Washington’s commitment to supporting Iraq in its "post-conflict stabilization in newly liberated areas, as well as efforts to facilitate humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons and refugees."
Last week, the US Department of Defense said at least ten brigades of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) would be needed to retake Mosul, and it had already trained about 20,000 ISF troops, but also police and Sunni tribal fighters.