Other countries in the anti-ISIS
coalition say they want to help train Iraqi forces, Foreign
Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Tuesday. "Several coalition
countries have expressed interest in helping Italy," he said.
Italy's mission in Iraq is to train Iraqi police and some 2,200
Kurdish fighters, he said. The latter "have been very active in
the liberation campaigns" to free Iraqi cities from the
so-called Islamic State terror group, he said. "Italy pays
special attention to involving Sunni (Muslims) and women in its
training programs," he added. The ISIS insurgency espouses a
fundamentalist Sunni Muslim interpretation of Islamic teachings.
Gentiloni spoke at a joint press conference with United States
Secretary of State John Kerry after a summit of the US-led
international anti-ISIS coalition in Rome.
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