Special forces in Syria don't mean USA entering civil war: Kerry

[WorldNews]

By Matt Spetalnick BISHKEK (Reuters) - A decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to send special forces to Syria is strictly focused on fighting Islamic State insurgents and does not signify the United States is entering the civil war there, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. "President Obama has made a very strong and forceful and simple decision entirely in keeping with his originally stated policy that we must defeat and destroy Daesh," Kerry said, using the Arabic term for Islamic State. "It is not a decision to enter into Syria's civil war.

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