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But these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in tu...

The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagogo official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Theiei mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. ...

Pelley david martin at thehe pentagon. Thanks. Now, that is syria, but u. S. Special Operations Forces are already on the ground advising and assisting kurdish fighters in northern iraq, and that is where we find elizabeth h lmer tonight. Liz. Reporter scott, we know theyre here because we actually ran into a small group of them, quite by accident, in the headquarters of one of the kurdish commanders. They wouldnt say anything, but the kurds say theyre already an important part of the fight against isis up here. Some of them actually live and work with the kurdish fighters right on the front l...

Syrian rebels, mr. Obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by...

Syrian rebels, mr. Obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by...