Some 350 Iraqi officers will have received specialised defence training from NATO in Jordan by the end of November, the Jordan Times reported Monday (September 26th).
"The training provided to the Iraqi forces in Jordan is helping in defeating [the 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL)] and helping displaced Iraqis return home," NATO deputy secretary general Alexander Vershbow said during a recent meeting in Brussels.
The first group of Iraqi officers started their training on April 2nd under the Defence and Related Security Capacity Building initiative at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre in Jordan.
The training includes assistance in the areas of countering improvised explosive devices (IEDs); explosive ordnance disposal and de-mining; military medicine and medical assistance; advice on security sector reform; civil-military planning support to operations; civil emergency planning and civil preparedness; cyber defence; and military training.
Vershbow said NATO would start training Iraqi army personnel inside Iraq in early 2017.
NATO also will continue to build Jordan's defence capabilities in various areas, he said.
