US forces based in Kuwait could be set to mobilise to Iraq

The militants have battled Iraqi government forces in the Anbar province on the western edge of Baghdad since January but are now amassing for a major push after a series of debilitating attacks including multiple car bomb missions on Sunday.

IS fighters have conquered their way to the Abu Graib province of Baghdad, less than 30kms from the fortified international Green Zone protecting foreign embassy including Australia’s still manned-post and government buildings.