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\f0\fs24 \cf0 U.S. sends more troops to train Iraqi army\
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U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered hundreds of extra troops to Iraq to train local forces and lay the groundwork to retake Ramadi and other key cities from so - called Islamic State (IS) militants \
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TURKEY\
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LEBANON\
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Kobane\
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Aleppo\
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Palmyra\
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SYRIA\
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Damascus\
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JORDAN\
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Raqqa\
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Deir al-Zawr\
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IRAQ\
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Qaim\
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ANBAR PROVINCE\
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AL Asad\
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SAUDI ARABIA\
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Hasakah\
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Sinjar\
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Baiji\
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Tikrit\
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Baghdad\
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IRAN\
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Irbil\
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Kirkuk\
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100km 60 miles\
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Under full or partial IS control as of June 7\
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IS support zones\
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Syrian regime control\
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Kurdish control\
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U.S. training camps\
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Taqqadum: U.S. to send 450 troops, bringing total number in Iraq to 3,550\
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Taji\
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Habbaniya\
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Ramadi\
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ANBAR\
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River Euphrates\
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Fallujah\
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River Tigris\
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Besmaya\
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BAGHDAD\
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Sources: Institute for the Study of War, wire agencies \
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Picture Google Earth\
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