U.S. President Barack Obama has confirmed, the battlefield against the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has expanded to Syria, with Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates providing support and participating.
Separately, the U.S. military also targeted Khorasan, a group with deep ties to Al Qaeda and suspected of plotting attacks against the United States from bases inside Syria.
U.S. President Barack Obama gave the order to start bombing Syria.
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U.S. President Barack Obama says America is not fighting the jihadis from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant alone.
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OUT: ...rejecting ISIL."
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U.S. President Barack Obama has promised that no American ground troops will be deployed to fight the Islamic State fighters, but vowed to continue to support the Syrian opposition, and work with allies to continue the fight.
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OUT: ...terrorist threat."
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