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10Dec16
US to send another 200 soldiers to Syria to fight ISIS in Raqqa
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter had said at a conference in Bahrain on Middle East Security that his country will be sending a further 200 military personnel to help capture the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria.
He explained the 200 personnel will include special forces trainers, advisers and explosive ordnance disposal teams and will be added to the already 300 US special forces already operating in Syria illegally.
"These uniquely skilled operators will join the 300 US special operations forces already in Syria, to continue organising, training, equipping and otherwise enabling capable, motivated, local forces to take the fight to ISIL [ISIS]," Reuters cited Carter as saying.
Carter said that outgoing US President Barack Obama approved the additional troops last week.
[Source: By Paul Antonopoulos, Al-Masdar Al-'Arabi, Tel Aviv, 10Dec16]
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