The Pentagon will expand the US military presence in Syria for the assault on Raqqa

The Pentagon plans to expand the participation of U.S. armed forces to storm the Syrian city of Raqqa. About it writes The Washington Post.


 


According to the newspaper, the us military intends to deploy an additional contingent of special forces, helicopter gunships and artillery, and also to supply ammunition to Syrian Kurds, fighting against a banned terrorist organization “Islamic state”.


 


Also, according to the Washington Post, U.S. officials offered to remove restrictions on the size of the military contingent of the country in Syria, which is about 500 military special forces.

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