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Coordination, make sure they get ammunition drops, make sure they get the logistics, help them gather intelligence. the u.s. will also be gathering its own intelligence. this will give the u.s. eyes and ears on the ground for the first time in syria on a regular basis to begin to gather more information about what is happening on the ground. this will be dangerous, make no mistake. u.s. troops are not expected to go into direct combat, walk a patrol, come into close combat with isis fighters, bu...

Device. who trained you how to use this? >> translator: believe me, i cant say. when you finish the training, its a secret, but they werent speaking kurdish. >> reporter: a mystery, as is so much of the unfolding u.s. strategy in this critical corner of syria. clarissa ward, cnn, hasakah, syria. >> back with us cnn military analyst, rick francona. colonel, thanks for being with us. one thing clarissa told us about this report, which she was speaking to forces on the ground inside syria, they rea...

Theres the assad regime backed by the russians, backed by iran, backed by hezbollah. can the united states be certain right now that the assistance the united states is giving are going to groups fighting isis and not fighting assad? >> not at all. once you send weapons to syria, theblgd end up in the islamic state. its a mess there. weapons measure chants, sides change from day to day. we dont understand the syrian opposition, the syrian fighters at all. we certainly dont understand the kurdish...

Number, i anticipate will mostly be working to the north of raqqa, to the farthest west part of the territories held by the kurds, why the ypg. kobani, we saw highly televised, public, fight for that. there were pictures posted online suggesting a very small number of u.s. special forces may have been there assisting, targeting. nothing confirmed by u.s. officials at all. this may not be completely brand-new to those special operators in questio. if they are heading south toward raqqa, revolutio...

Potentially these could get assistance as well and pressure isis to its western front, around a town called marea as well. the biggest question is who precisely are they assisting who arent the kurdish ypg forces? the phrase syrian arab coalition, thats used here a lot. we really dont know what groups there are. you have to remember, the u.s. tried for nearly every year, spent half a billion dollars to train rebelles, a proxy force. that failed. they got 55 together. they had to scrap the plan a...

News coverage out of washington. president obama getting ready to send special forces for the first time into syria. this is a major development, a major change in the battle against isis. we have breaking news coverage right after this. you totalled your brand new car.

From a senior administration official. ill just read you some of the most operative language here. im reading through it myself. the president has authorized a small compliment and now we have a number of fewer than 50 of u.s. special operations forces to deploy to northern syria where they will help coordinate local ground forces and coalition efforts to counter isil. the president has also authorized a number of additional steps, including deploying a-10s and f-15s to ins insirlic air force ba...

Were covering these latest developments with barbara starr at the pentagon, joe johns at the white house. barbara, lets start with you. what details are you hearing from your sources. >> good morning, john and kate. multiple u.s. officials are now telling cnn that the white house is expected to make this announcement shortly. what by all accounts the president has decided is a small group of u.s. special operations forces, the most elite, the most highly trained will go into northern syria. this...

Want to welcome our viewers around the world. cnns special breaking news coverage. the united states will be sending for the first time officially, sending special forces into syria to fight isis. in the ongoing fight against isis. this as the u.s. expands its role against isis. kurdish fighters on the front lines in isis -- in the front lines against isis in syria already. theyre already battling the terror group, trying to reclaim much of its lost territory. >> these kurdish forces have alread...

Strategy to defeat isis. manning positions along a vast and desolate front line with isis entrenched in villages just through the haze. theyre fighters with the ypg, a force of roughly 30,000 syrian kurds which backed by coalition air power has dealt decisive blows to islamic state militants across northern sir gentleman. commander is in charge of this front line position in the city of has hasaka. >> translator: they tried to attack us again ten days ago. we were prepared so they dont reach the...