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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/world/obama-will-send-forces-to-syria-to-help-fight-the-islamic-state.html?_r=0

Obama Sends Special Operations Forces to Help Fight ISIS in Syria

(New York Times) Peter Baker - President Obama announced on Friday that he had ordered several dozen Special Operations troops into Syria to advise local Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State. In addition, Obama authorized deploying A-10 and F-15 warplanes to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. The A-10s are capable of providing close-in air support to fighters on the ground.

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