US asks Germany to send ground troops into Syria, aid anti-ISIS fight
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By MICHAEL FISCHER | dpa | Published: July 7, 2019
BERLIN — The United States has asked Germany to support the fight against remnants of the Islamic State by sending ground troops to support the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, in northeastern Syria.
James Jeffrey, U.S. special envoy for Syria and the anti-ISIS coalition, wants the German government to send training forces, logistical experts and technical workers from the Bundeswehr.
“We want ground troops from Germany to partly replace our soldiers,†Jeffrey told dpa and the German weekly Welt am Sonntag. He said he expects an answer before the end of the month.
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