WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — A no-fly zone in northern Syria would be hard to implement and would take significant resources away from the US-led coalition against the Islamic State, or Daesh, US Air Force Central Command Commander Lt. Gen. Charles Brown told reporters on Thursday.
"A no fly zone will be difficult and it takes away from my priority mission I've been given to do [to defeat the Islamic State],” Brown stated in a briefing.
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The United States has maintained a military force in Iraq, ostensibly to serve in an advisory capacity for Iraqi Security Forces fighting Daesh, also known as IS/Islamic State. On Thursday, however, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed that US troops are "fighting and dying" in combat operations in the region.
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| 0 | Edit | Delete Wow! Who else flying in Syria? No-fly-zon for DAESH? I read that DAESH only fly helium condoms! So why talk about no fly zon? What a ....? Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete The correct answer is Russia has already erected a no-fly zone over the region, thus there's no need for another.
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