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U.S. Expands Its Military Role in Syria

(Wall Street Journal) Gordon Lubold and Adam Entous - The U.S. will send 250 additional military personnel to Syria to help local forces fighting Islamic State, increasing the number of American military personnel inside Syria from 50 to 300, U.S. officials said. A major focus of the additional American personnel will be trying to get more Sunni Arabs to join the fight alongside Kurdish units in northeastern Syria. The Pentagon has struggled in the past to convince Sunni Arabs to make the fight against Islamic State a priority because many see Syrian government forces led by President Assad as their No. 1 enemy.

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