URGENT: Spain to send 300 military personnel to train Iraqi forces

(IraqiNews.com) On Friday the Spanish government agreed to send a unit of about 300 military personnel who will be assigned to train Iraqi forces in the framework of the international coalition against the so-called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

According to Agency Press France the Spanish Defense Minister, Pedro Morens, dismissed, during a press conference following a cabinet meeting, the participation of these forces in direct battles, adding that ”the mission of the Spanish force will take between a month and a half to two months.”