Turkey has 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers in Iraq, including 500 Turkish soldiers deployed to a base near Bashiqa, where they trained 1,500 Iraqi Sunni volunteers, mainly Turkmens, and Arabs to recapture Mosul from ISIL.
Termasuk 500 tentara Turki yang dikerahkan ke pangkalan dekat Bashiqa, di mana mereka bertugas melatih 1.500 relawan Sunni Irak terutama Turkmen dan Arab untuk merebut kembali Mosul.