US to send 1,500 troops to Syria and Iraq

US forces provide military training to PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkiye, the U.S. and the EU, and the YPG militia, which Turkiye regards as a terror group at the Al-Malikiyah district in the Al-Hasakah province, Syria on September 7, 2022 [Hedil Amir – Anadolu Agency]

The US is set to send 1,500 soldiers to Syria and Iraq, ostensibly in order to join the fight against Daesh, CBS Philadelphia reports.

According to the report, the soldiers will be sent from the New Jersey Army National Guard in its largest deployment of soldiers to the area since 2008.

“We have the people we need. We have the training that we need. We have the equipment that we need to fight and win,” Lt Colonel Omar Minott, who is among the 1,500 to be deployed, said.

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