Roadside bombs planted by the Islamic State group are making it difficult for Kurdish forces to advance [Reuters]
Iran 'Sent Soldiers To Fight In Iraq' -- Al Jazeera
Hundreds of Iranian troops crossed border to join battle against Islamic State group, sources tell Al Jazeera.
Hundreds of Iranian soldiers have taken part in a joint operation inside Iraq with Kurdish forces to retake a town held by the Islamic State group, security sources have told Al Jazeera.
It is believed to be the first time that Iranian troops have been directly involved in the fighting against the Sunni rebel group group on this scale.
Hundreds of soldiers crossed the border on Friday in a joint operation with Kurdish Peshmerga forces to take back Jalawla in Diyala province, an official Kurdish source who asked not to be identified told Al Jazeera.
He said the Iranian forces retreated back across the border early on Saturday.
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Update: Iran denies military involvement in Iraq -- Daily Times
My Comment: Iran has consistently denied that their military forces are fighting in Iraq. But when there is smoke, there is a fire .... and in the case of Iraq there has been too many reports of Iranian forces on the ground helping and in some cases fighting alongside Iraqi forces against ISIS militants.
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Just to ask how strong is Transnistrias army? Since they have mobilized for "unknown reasons.
As far as I know the Transnistian army is very small ( not in the therm of compared to the country's size ), with limited amount of military equipment, very limited supply to keep 'em operational. The ground forces have some tanks and APCs, but the Airforce nearly does not exist. The reason could be a show of that they are ready to defend themself against an invasion of any nearby country. In a real conflict, they could hold their territories for days or weeks, but I do not expect more from them.
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