These incredible photos show how US Marines are still hammering ISIS in Syria

[TomSea]

These incredible photos show how US Marines are still hammering ISIS in Syria
Daniel Brown


US Marines fire a mortar during training in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria, July 23, 2018. © Provided by Business Insider US Marines fire a mortar during training in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria, July 23, 2018. US Air Force

“We’ve defeated ISIS," President Donald Trump told Reuters on Monday. "ISIS is essentially defeated."

Despite Trump's triumphant statement, ISIS still has as many as 30,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria, according to the Pentagon.

As such, US Marines are still in Syria advising and providing fire support to SDF fighters, and sometimes reportedly at times even getting into direct fire fights (they're also in country to deter Russian and Iranian influence, which the US largely denies or neglects to mention).

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[skeeter]

Are we suffering casualties at the rate we were under Obama's ROE and the media were ignoring what our guys were going through in Afghanistan and Iraq? Are we suffering any at all?

[TomSea]

Yes, Americans are suffering in Iraq and Syria but they aren't killed very often.

We had a helicopter crash this past week with one death.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-blackhawk-helicopter-crashes-iraq-least-1-dead-n902111

So, it seems like every other month, we lose a soldier. I don't mean to answer blandly. We haven't lost many this year. I can't recall the last time we had an American soldier killed in Syria. Those are rare. I don't think one has occurred this year yet.

@skeeter