Had vowed not to do. But after a year of american airstrikes and the failure of a u. S. Program to build an army of syrian rebels, mr. Obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. Strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. A
Syrian rebels, mr. Obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. Many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian pilot had to bail out over r
Syrian rebels, mr. Obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian
Strikes and the failure of a u. S. Program to build an army of syrian rebels, mr. Obama is ordering in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says theyre advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will not, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa, with the help of american air strikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets
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