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In Syria, they are assisting Kurdish groups, particularly the YPG (Popular Protection Units), and a variety of Arab forc...
03/09/2021

In Syria, they are assisting Kurdish groups, particularly the YPG (Popular Protection Units), and a variety of Arab forces. As in Afghanistan, U.S. SOF count on major support from their closest SOF partners in Britain, Australia, and Canada, as well as the Danes, Norwegians, and French. While SOF are at the forefront of the tactical-level advising, U.S. and coalition conventional forces have been training forces at five main bases and advising at the headquarters level.

That number is hovering around 10,000, including forces deployed in-country on temporary duty. Special operations forces...
03/09/2021

That number is hovering around 10,000, including forces deployed in-country on temporary duty. Special operations forces are advising a variety of partners, including the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS), tribal forces and Iraqi Kurds.

During seven weeks visiting Iraq, Syria, and neighboring countries this year, I observed three major changes in how the ...
03/09/2021

During seven weeks visiting Iraq, Syria, and neighboring countries this year, I observed three major changes in how the campaign accounts for its increasing momentum. First, the number of advisers and supporting forces has now reached a level that can provide meaningful support to the variety of indigenous forces fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

What makes this campaign so unusual is that U.S. forces are not providing the muscle of the frontline combat troops. Ins...
03/09/2021

What makes this campaign so unusual is that U.S. forces are not providing the muscle of the frontline combat troops. Instead, the campaign is conducted “by, with, and through” others, a Special Forces phrase that the CENTCOM commander, General Joseph Votel, has adopted to call attention to this new way of warfighting.

But the most notable feature of the expanded U.S. SOF role in the Middle East has been its work alongside indigenous for...
03/09/2021

But the most notable feature of the expanded U.S. SOF role in the Middle East has been its work alongside indigenous forces in Iraq and Syria. Conventional and coalition forces provide additional numbers of troops.

U.S. special operations forces (SOF) in the Middle East has expanded steadily since the inception of the counter-ISIS ca...
03/09/2021

U.S. special operations forces (SOF) in the Middle East has expanded steadily since the inception of the counter-ISIS campaign in 2014. In part, this expansion is due to the metastasis of ISIS into Libya, Yemen, and other countries beyond its major land-holding presence in Iraq and Syria.

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