26 Apr 2024
Saturday 31 October 2015 - 19:08
Story Code : 186682

Syrian MP slams US decision to send troops to Syria

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A Syrian member of parliament says the United States decision to send troops into to Syria is an aggression because it does not have the government's agreement.
Sharif Shehadeh told The Associated Press on Saturday that the troops will have no effect on the ground, but Washington wants to say that it is present in Syria.

American officials say up to 50 special operations troops will be sent to assist Kurdish and Arab forces in northern Syria.

A US-led coalition has been targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group with airstrikes since September 2014, killing 12,000 extremists without weakening the group.

The decision to send US troops to Syria comes a month after Russia began launching airstrikes against militants in the country.

Russia's airstrikes were agreed upon with the Syrian government.

By Tasnim News Agency
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