Iraqis, Kurds, Coalition Establish Coordination Center

A joint coordination center near Erbil has been established to facilitate collaboration between the U.S.-led coalition's operations command centers in Baghdad and Erbil to fight Daesh in Iraq, the Pentagon said Thursday.



"The government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and Coalition Joint Forces Land Component Command -- Iraq established a Joint Coalition Coordination Center (JCCC) near Erbil on Sept. 2, 2015," read a statement from the agency. 



Operation centers in Baghdad and Erbil were established last August shortly after coalition began airstrikes against the militant group that plunged into Mosul and took control of a large swath of territory in Iraq.



"The new center will also set the conditions to relocate the Ninewa Operations Center from Baghdad to northern Iraq to coordinate future operations in Ninewa and Mosul," according to the statement. 



The center will be staffed by an equal number of personnel from the Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and coalition forces. - Washington DC