Obama OPT Sending 250 More Non- Combat Troops to Syria

Obama said military efforts alone cannot solve Syria’s “heart-breaking situation of enormous complexity”.

He ruled out sending ground troops to Syria.

US President Barack Obama is to send 250 additional military personnel to Syria to support local militias in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS), officials have said.

The goal, they say, is to encourage more Sunni Arabs to join Kurdish fighters in north-eastern Syria.

The new deployment will bring to 300 the number of US forces in non-combat roles in Syria.