Kerry can't rule out even more Syria deployment
- 9 years ago
US Secretary of State John Kerry refused Saturday to rule out more US commandos being sent to Syria beyond the 50 already assigned to the fight against the Islamic State group.
Speaking in the Kyrgyz capital during a tour of Central Asia, Kerry said he fully supported President Barack Obama's decision to put troops on the ground in Syria - which comes just weeks after Russia's surprising deployment in the war torn state.
He said the soldiers were not being sent to battle President Bashar al-Assad's regime or become embroiled in the Syrian civil war, but simply to help destroy the ISIS group.
Asked whether he could rule out more troops being assigned to the mission, he said: "I can't predict what the future will bring when our policy is to destroy Daesh, to fight back against this evil.
Speaking in the Kyrgyz capital during a tour of Central Asia, Kerry said he fully supported President Barack Obama's decision to put troops on the ground in Syria - which comes just weeks after Russia's surprising deployment in the war torn state.
He said the soldiers were not being sent to battle President Bashar al-Assad's regime or become embroiled in the Syrian civil war, but simply to help destroy the ISIS group.
Asked whether he could rule out more troops being assigned to the mission, he said: "I can't predict what the future will bring when our policy is to destroy Daesh, to fight back against this evil.