It includes $ 1.6 billion to establish a fund to develop and support Iraqi and Kurdish security forces as they gear up to mount a counter offensive against ISIS , which has carved out a so-called caliphate in vast swathes of Iraq and Syria . Obama will send up to 1,500 troops to Iraq . The troops will be in non - combat roles and operate from bases outside Baghdad and Erbil . The troops will help train Iraqi and Kurdish forces to fight terrorism .
Obama will send up to 1,500 troops to Iraq . The troops will be in non - combat roles and operate from bases outside Baghdad and Erbil . The troops will help train Iraqi and Kurdish forces to fight terrorism .