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BRUSSELS, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Senior Iraqi officials met earlier this week with U.S. Central Command and NATO leadership regarding Iraq's military efforts to combat the Islamic State, also referred to as ISIL or Daesh.
On Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met in Baghdad with CENTCOM Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin.
During their meeting, Abadi informed Austin "We are moving ahead with confidence to regain every inch of the land of Iraq and will expel Daesh terrorist gangs," and said the government is also "working on post-liberation plans."
According to the prime minister's office, Austin commended Iraqi forces for "liberating cities and holding ground." The general reiterated America's support for Iraq, including training, equipping and advising the Iraqi army.
Iraq's National Security Adviser Falih al-Fayyadh traveled to Brussels for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Tuesday, where he briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on the security situation in Iraq and the surrounding region.
NATO ambassadors also discussed enhancing NATO-Iraq cooperation, although NATO did not elaborate on what that might entail.
The consultations follow a U.S.-led coalition conference in Tampa, Fla. where more than 200 participants worked to refine a multinational strategy to counter IS in both Iraq and Syria. According to CENTCOM, "A major focus of the 10-day conference was the further development of Coalition plans to help train, advise and assist Iraqi Security Forces so that Iraq is better able to regenerate its combat power, counter ISIL and ultimately provide for its own security."
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An Iraqi child, whose family fled from Islamic State violence in the northern city of Mosul, stands outside a tent that serves as a school in the southern city of Najaf on Sunday. Some 2 million Iraqis have been driven from their homes by fighting this year. Alaa Al-Marjani /Reuters/Landov hide caption
An Iraqi child, whose family fled from Islamic State violence in the northern city of Mosul, stands outside a tent that serves as a school in the southern city of Najaf on Sunday. Some 2 million Iraqis have been driven from their homes by fighting this year.
The shrine of Imam Ali in the Iraqi city of Najaf is a vast gold-domed edifice, where Shiite Muslims from all over the world gather to pray.
But just a few minutes drive away, are travelers of a different, shabbier kind. A long row of cinder block and sheet metal buildings is draped in bright flags with religious slogans. Usually, these are for pilgrims to sleep in. But right now, they're spilling over with displaced Iraqi families.
"It's tough for the children," says Zaira Raqib, a mother of four of them. "We know we're displaced, but they don't understand."
The children are excited to have a visitor, keen to show off and singing snatches of the English alphabet. They skitter around underfoot while their moms try to keep the floor clean.
Nearly 2 million Iraqis have had to flee their homes because of violence this year. Many are Shiite Muslims escaping the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS, which has brutally murdered Shiites and other non-Sunnis.
Iraqi families displaced from the north of the country by the advance of ISIS now shelter in buildings traditionally used by Shiite pilgrims in the southern city of Najaf. Alison Meuse for NPR hide caption
Iraqi families displaced from the north of the country by the advance of ISIS now shelter in buildings traditionally used by Shiite pilgrims in the southern city of Najaf.
Iraq's Shiites drove many Sunni Muslims from their homes in 2006-2007, leading to the segregation of many neighborhoods in Baghdad and elsewhere based on religion. Now the Sunnis of the Islamic State are forcing many Shiites to flee.
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