Foreign Minister Offers Special Ops Trainers To Help Manila Fight ISIS

The Australian government has offered to send special operations personnel to train and advise the Philippine military in its fight against the Islamic State, reports the Australian Associated Press.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday that she had made the offer to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila earlier this month.

"Obviously, we would be ready to support the Philippines in the same way we are supporting Iraq in advising,...