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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/us/politics/us-adds-200-troops-syria-isis.html?ref=middleeast
U.S. to Send 200 More Troops to Syria in ISIS Fight
(New York Times) Eric Schmitt - The U.S. is sending 200 additional troops to Syria to help Kurdish and Arab fighters massing for an assault on the Islamic State's stronghold of Raqqa, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in Bahrain on Saturday. The reinforcements would include American commandos and bomb-squad specialists who will join the 300 special operations forces already working in eastern Syria to recruit, train and advise local Syrian militias to combat Islamic State. In the last month, the American-led air campaign has carried out nearly 300 airstrikes around Raqqa.