The United States also provides military equipment, weapons, and ammunitions to the Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdish Peshmerga. Mills, ISIS/Daesh: The Military Response in Iraq and Syria, Commons Briefing Papers SN06995, 8 November 2016, p 31. Thompson, 'Number of US Troops in Iraq Keeps Creeping Upward', Time Magazine, 18 April 2016 C. While the exact number is not known, it is estimated that about 4,600 personnel are deployed. As part of a training and advisory mission, the United States has also troops deployed in Iraq. Rubin, 'Obama Allows Limited Airstrikes on ISIS', The New York Times, 7 August 2014 'Iraq: US Air Strike on Islamic State Militants in Iraq', BBC, 8 August 2014. Upon request of the Iraqi government, the United States is leading the international coalition against the Islamic State group in Iraq and launched its first airstrike on 8 August 2014. The United States is a party to the non-international armed conflict in Iraq against the Islamic State group. For further information on who is considered a party to an armed conflict, see ‘contemporary challenges – multinational forces: who is a party to the conflict?’ in our classification section. The United States is a party to a series of armed conflicts.
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