WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Deployment of US special operations forces to Syria will enhance military capabilities of opposition forces fighting the Islamic State, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a briefing on Friday.
US President Barack Obama “does expect that they can have an impact in intensifying strategy for building the capacity of local forces inside of Syria to take in the fight on the ground to ISIL [Islamic State] in their own country,” Earnest said.
The press secretary added that US advisors to Syria do not have a combat mission.
