Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Discuss Islamic State at G7 Summit

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the G7 Summit in Germany this week regarding the Islamic State.

The two leaders reportedly discussed their offensive against the terrorist group, with the president assuring the Iraqi leader that he will increase training and assistance for Iraqi forces in their fight against the Islamic State.

Great Britain also announced at the G7 conference over the weekend that it will be contributing an additional 125 military trainers to aid Iraqi troops in fighting the Islamic State.

According to USA Today, Cameron added in his announcement that the military trainers will primarily help train Iraqi officials in dismantling IED explosive devices.

The United States has repeatedly defended its offensive against the Islamic State, arguing that the U.S. is not losing the war against the terror group despite the Islamic State's taking of the city of Ramadi.

"I don't think we're losing," the president previously told The Atlantic in an interview following the fall of Ramadi.

"There's no doubt there was a tactical setback, although Ramadi had been vulnerable for a very long time, primarily because these are not Iraqi security forces that we have trained or reinforced. They have been there essentially for a year without sufficient reinforcements, and the number of ISIL [ISIS] that have come into the city now are relatively small compared to what happened in [the Iraqi city of] Mosul," the president added.