US Special Forces in Syria 'Not Last Escalation' - Senator

© AFP 2023 / GEORGE OURFALIAN Syrian government forces walk in the village of Jabboul on the eastern outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo after taking control of the village from Islamic State (IS) group islamists
Syrian government forces walk in the village of Jabboul on the eastern outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo after taking control of the village from Islamic State (IS) group islamists - Sputnik International
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The recent US announcement of a special operations forces deployment to Syria will not be the last expansion of US ground operations in Syria and Iraq, US Senator Chris Murphy told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik), Leandra Bernstein — On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter stated that more US ground forces could be introduced into Syria to support capable local forces in their fight against the Islamic State.

"I suspect this is not the last announcement of US forces on the ground inside Syria and Iraq," Murphy said on Tuesday, adding that it is "not the last escalation."

On October 30, the White House announce it would send up to 50 additional special operations forces to assist the so-called Syrian moderate opposition.

"It defies common sense that we aren’t going to hear an announcement a month or a few months from now that 50 is 100, and then 100 is 200, and then 200 is 300," Murphy said of the likely expansion of US ground forces.

US President Barack Obama publicly rejected the idea of putting US boots on the ground in Syria on numerous occasions in 2013 and 2014.

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