1,500 Turkey-Trained Iraqi Forces Taking Part In Mosul Operation

Around 1500 Iraqi forces are taking part in the operation to drive ISIS from Mosul. (AFP photo)

Around half of some 3,000 Iraqi forces trained by Turkey at the Bashiqa camp in northern Iraq are taking part in the operation to drive ISIS from the city of Mosul, Turkish military sources said on Monday.

Turkey has been locked in a row with Iraq's central government over the presence of Turkish troops at Bashiqa and over who should take part in the US-backed assault on Mosul.

"Around half of the 3,000 are currently taking part in the operation. The other half are being kept in reserve," one of the sources told Reuters.