NEW YORK – Following a United Nations summit on combating Islamic State (IS), the Hungarian government has revealed that it will upgrade the role of its troops in the Kurdistan Region.

Troops already serving in the region will now take on extra training of Peshmerga, with Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó saying the course of action is vital if Europe is to see a fall in the number of refugees fleeing the war in Syria and Iraq.

“Unfortunately Islamic State is conquering more and more territories, more and more people are forced to leave their homes because of their atrocities.”

Hungary has found itself at the centre of the refugee crisis in Europe, as thousands try to make their way further north to Germany, the UK and Scandinavian countries.

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VLADIMIR Putin is preparing to send 150,000 troops to Syria in a bid to wipe out the evil Islamic State once and for all.The Russian leader is reportedly mounting an enormous military mission to take control of the terror group's stronghold of Raqqa.

The city is the self-declared capital of ISIS in Syria and is patrolled by as many as 5,000 jihadi members.

Putin is set to mobilise 150,000 reservists who he conscripted into the military earlier this weekAn insider revealed: "It is very clear that Russia wants to sweep up the west of the country, taking Raqqa and all the oil and gas resources around Palmyra.

"This is fast becoming a race to Raqqa – to secure the oil fields they need to cleanse the region of insurgents, and the IS capital is vital to do that."

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