abandoned their positions and ran, but now government forces are launching counterattacks. john huddy is in our middle east bureau following the new offensive. john. elizabeth, yes, it shows that iraqi forces are possibly trying to fight back, launching a counteroffensive or at least trying to stop isis from moving any further towards baghdad about 70 miles to east of ramadi. to give you an idea take a look at this map about what s been going on. iraqi security forces regained control of the town of husaybah about 3 1/2 miles roughly east of ramadi. militants stormed the town yesterday but today iraqi forces with the help of iranianbacked shiite fighters managed to push isis back. it s an important hit back because isis has been trying to move closer to baghdad, again, 70 miles to the east of ramadi. and a military base along the way where iraqi troops and shiite fighters have been gearing up for a
will approve another group of f-16 for iraq because our air force was destroyed completely during the wars that iraq entered into and this is not all. we also need technical equipments related to the security field. these are issues that are being discussed by the concerned people in both countries, between the ministries of defense and interior with our counterparts in the united states and we received promises and facilitations and we agreed on how to make this relationship continuous in the security field because both of us need each other and need cooperation, especially in chasing al qaeda which we started and was not defeated in any way except in iraq and we hope to cooperate with all those who feel the dangers of this organization to cooperate with us as well. our goal is a sovereign iraq that can protect its borders, protect its airspace, protect its people. and our security cooperation with other countries i think is a model for our security cooperation with iraq.