US sending additional troops to Iraq to help fight Daesh: Pentagon chief

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter listens during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, March 25, 2016. AFP

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • In Bahrain, people stage more protests outside Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house to show their anger at the regime’s stripping the top Shia cleric of his citizenship.
  • The Pentagon chief says the US is sending hundreds of additional troops to Iraq to help fight Daesh.
  • South Sudan’s president and the rebels' leader call for a ceasefire to halt deadly fighting between their forces.
  • A prominent US civil rights group slams police for using 'violent,' militarized tactics on people protesting police killing of African Americans.
  • And British Prime Minister David Cameron says he will resign on Wednesday, paving the way for interior minister Theresa May to take over on the same day.

 


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