US says 'close combat advisors' could battle jihadists
 

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e...3a93ed76be.jpgThe United States plans to strike the Islamic State group in its Syrian strongholds and could send military advisors into combat alongside Iraqi troops, American commanders said Tuesday. Military leaders warned of a further escalation in their battle against the jihadists just as two branches of the rival Al-Qaeda group called for a united front against the war coalition Washington is building. US warplanes have been targeting IS jihadists in **rthern Iraq since August 8, and in recent days hit the militants southwest of Baghdad for the first time, in a significant expansion of the campaign. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told US lawmakers that plans are being laid to hit targets in Syria, where the IS group is holding hostages and has a stronghold in the city of Raqa.




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