US troops join fight in southern Philippines
Iran Press TV
Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:2AM
American Special Operations Forces have joined Philippine troops battling Daesh terrorists in a town in the southern Philippines.
The Philippine military said on Saturday that the US special forces would be providing "technical assistance" to the operations against Daesh in Marawi City on Mindanao Island and would not participate in the actual fighting there.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a US official said military support, including aerial surveillance and targeting, electronic eavesdropping, communications assistance, and training, were being given to the Philippine forces.
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