Obama says special ops in Syria are just more of the same

“Putting small numbers of troops in Syria is yet another tactical move in the absence of a comprehensive strategy for Iraq, Syria, and the broader Middle East that does nothing more than create the appearance of serious action”, McCarthy said in a statement on Friday. “There should be a real strategy to take out ISIS and to take out Assad”, Bush added, referring to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier in the week, he criticized the administration’s foreign policy as being in “reactive mode”, stressing the need for an overarching foreign policy doctrine.

As a substitute, Trump has mentioned that he could be in favor of permitting Russian President Vladimir Putin to proceed his bombing marketing campaign within the nation, which has been met with objection by Washington, which believes Putin is making an attempt to bolster the Syrian regime fairly than attacking ISIS.

On Friday, USA officials revealed plans to send special forces to Syria to participate in the fighting against the ISIS radical group.

For over a year, the USA has led a 65-member coalition that has conducted air strikes against more than 13,000 IS targets in Iraq and Syria. But it could open doors.

Even though the US troops do not have an explicit combat mission, USA officials have acknowledged they could find themselves in harms way. Republicans belittled it as a paltry move that would not change the dynamics on the ground, especially with Russian Federation now actively involved in the war.

American forces will remain in Syria for an undefined amount of time.

Obama had hoped a ground force trained by Americans elsewhere in the region would have complemented the strikes in Syria.

“What is important for us is to protect our area, and the security of our children, our homes and our women”, said Sheikh Hmeidi Daham al-Jarba, whose Arab tribal militia, the Sanadeed Forces, has joined the alliance, according to the New York Times. That means the cease-fire the diplomats called for is unlikely to happen, since rebels will not accept an end to the war that leaves the blood-drenched dictator in power. In January, Kurdish forces, supported by United States airstrikes, fought off IS forces from the northern city of Kobane after months of battle.

In another development, Russian news agencies reported that the Russian and U.S. air forces held a joint training exercise in Syria yesterday.

Kerry, who was in Vienna, described the timing of the USA military announcement as a coincidence.

“It appears nearly to be a Band-Aid or just a stop-gap until he’s out of office”, King said.

“The addition of (special operations forces) trainers may contribute to that”.

The USA personnel will travel from Irbil, Iraq, where they’re now stationed, to work with the Syrian Arab Coalition, a group that has its sights set on Raqqa, the ISIS stronghold, a US official tells NPR’s Tom Bowman.

The United States’ decision to send troops into Syria is an act of aggression because it does not have the government’s agreement, a Syrian member of parliament said Saturday.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had information from Eastern Ghouta residents that the people being used as human shields were military officers and their families who had been captured by rebels in the area. Chollet did not comment on questions about the Central Intelligence Agency program in Syria.