The U.S. government will deploy approximately 200 additional troops to Syria in support of coalition efforts to remove the Islamic State militant group from the IS’ hub in Raqqa, DoD News reported Saturday. Shannon Collins
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U.S. military leaders including Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, and their counterparts in Turkey have developed a new long-term plan for operations against the Islamic State militant group
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the U.S. will provide Kurdish peshmerga forces up to $415 million in funds and allow advisers to join Iraqi troops as part of its campaign against the Islamic
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