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US Deployment To Syria Worth The Risk, Says Top US General After Visit
The nearly eight-year-old US deployment to Syria to combat Islamic State is still worth the risk, the top US military officer said on Saturday, after a rare, unannounced visit to a dusty base in the country's northeast to meet U.S. troops.
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Pentagon May Recommend US Deploy Combat Troops In Syria: Report
The US Defense Department may recommend that the United States deploy regular combat troops to Syria to fight ISIS militants, CNN reported on Wednesday.
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Pentagon Welcomes Saudi Anti-ISIS Troop Proposal
The Pentagon on Friday welcomed Saudi Arabia's pledge to commit ground forces to fight ISIS jihadists in Syria, should the US-led coalition ever send in combat troops.
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Barack Obama Says Additional US Forces Will Help 'Squeeze' ISIS
President Barack Obama said his decision to send more US special forces to combat ISIS in Iraq is not an indication that the United States is headed for another invasion like the one in 2003 that locked it in a long, violent conflict.
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Hillary Clinton Vows No US Troops in Syria, Iraq
US Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton said on Monday that putting American combat troops on the ground in Syria or Iraq to fight the Islamic State group was a "non-starter."
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No Global Support for US-Led Troops in Syria: Australia PM
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today said there was no global support for a US-led ground force to destroy the Islamic State group, while warning resolve to defeat jihadists has never been stronger.
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Vladimir Putin Says Russia has No Plans to Deploy Combat Troops in Syria
Russia has no plans for now to deploy combat troops in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, addressing US concerns about a Russian military build-up.
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White House Still Seeking Coalition in Mideast War
The White House said it will find countries willing to send combat troops to fight Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, but it's too early to identify them.
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Diplomatic Push Grows Against Islamic State Group
Newly outraged by the beheading of yet another Western hostage, diplomats from around the world are in Paris pressing for a coherent global strategy to combat extremists from the Islamic State group - minus two of the main players and without any ground troops - in a conflict that threatens to spill beyond the Mideast.
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US Deployment To Syria Worth The Risk, Says Top US General After Visit
The nearly eight-year-old US deployment to Syria to combat Islamic State is still worth the risk, the top US military officer said on Saturday, after a rare, unannounced visit to a dusty base in the country's northeast to meet U.S. troops.
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Pentagon May Recommend US Deploy Combat Troops In Syria: Report
The US Defense Department may recommend that the United States deploy regular combat troops to Syria to fight ISIS militants, CNN reported on Wednesday.
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Pentagon Welcomes Saudi Anti-ISIS Troop Proposal
The Pentagon on Friday welcomed Saudi Arabia's pledge to commit ground forces to fight ISIS jihadists in Syria, should the US-led coalition ever send in combat troops.
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Barack Obama Says Additional US Forces Will Help 'Squeeze' ISIS
President Barack Obama said his decision to send more US special forces to combat ISIS in Iraq is not an indication that the United States is headed for another invasion like the one in 2003 that locked it in a long, violent conflict.
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Hillary Clinton Vows No US Troops in Syria, Iraq
US Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton said on Monday that putting American combat troops on the ground in Syria or Iraq to fight the Islamic State group was a "non-starter."
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No Global Support for US-Led Troops in Syria: Australia PM
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today said there was no global support for a US-led ground force to destroy the Islamic State group, while warning resolve to defeat jihadists has never been stronger.
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Vladimir Putin Says Russia has No Plans to Deploy Combat Troops in Syria
Russia has no plans for now to deploy combat troops in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, addressing US concerns about a Russian military build-up.
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White House Still Seeking Coalition in Mideast War
The White House said it will find countries willing to send combat troops to fight Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, but it's too early to identify them.
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Diplomatic Push Grows Against Islamic State Group
Newly outraged by the beheading of yet another Western hostage, diplomats from around the world are in Paris pressing for a coherent global strategy to combat extremists from the Islamic State group - minus two of the main players and without any ground troops - in a conflict that threatens to spill beyond the Mideast.
