https://sputnikglobe.com/20151027/obama-advisers-send-army-iraq-syria-1029163762.html
Obama Advisers Call for Sending Army Closer to Contact Lines in Syria, Iraq
Obama Advisers Call for Sending Army Closer to Contact Lines in Syria, Iraq
Sputnik International
Senior national security advisers have called on US President Barack Obama to move the country's forces closer to the contact line in Iraq and Syria to... 27.10.2015, Sputnik International
2015-10-27T10:19+0000
2015-10-27T10:19+0000
2022-08-06T10:33+0000
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/102231/10/1022311082_0:170:2000:1295_1920x0_80_0_0_c2fbf4b1b6e413f0858985d7288b1e92.jpg
iraq
syria
raqqa
ramadi
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2015
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
middle east, newsfeed, us, iraq, syria, raqqa, ramadi, barack obama, daesh
middle east, newsfeed, us, iraq, syria, raqqa, ramadi, barack obama, daesh
Obama Advisers Call for Sending Army Closer to Contact Lines in Syria, Iraq
10:19 GMT 27.10.2015 (Updated: 10:33 GMT 06.08.2022) Senior national security advisers have called on US President Barack Obama to move the country's forces closer to the contact line in Iraq and Syria to increase the efficiency of the US-led military campaign against ISIL, US officials told The Washington Post.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the newspaper, if the plan is adopted, Washington will position its Special Operations forces on the ground close to the front line in Syria to help local moderate opposition and Kurdish groups mount a military offensive on the ISIL stronghold of Raqqa, while US advisers in Iraq could "help Iraqi commanders plan and prosecute the day-to-day fight" to retake Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar province.
27 October 2015, 07:09 GMT
The US president may make a decision on the matter as early as this week amid Washington's concern over the stalemated anti-ISIL operation, the newspaper’s sources said on Monday.
The US-led international coalition has been conducting airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq since August 2014, and in Syria since September 2014 without the approval of the UN Security Council or the Syrian government.
