Obama to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq

Jun 19, 2014, 11:46 PM EDT

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about Iraq in the Brady Briefing room of the White House on June 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Obama spoke about the deteriorating situation as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants move toward Baghdad after taking control over northern Iraqi cities. Credit Win McNamee/Getty Images

Win McNamee/Getty Images

President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was sending up to 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq but stressed the need for a political solution to the Iraqi crisis as government forces battled Sunni rebels for control of the country's biggest refinery.

Background:

Obama sends U.S. military advisers to Iraq as battle rages over refinery [Reuters]

Iraq crisis: U.S. to send 'military advisers' [BBC]

White House beginning to consider conflicts in Syria and Iraq as single challenge [WaPo]

NEW Get free daily news briefings »

TAGS:

Iraq-World