U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says American special operations troops being sent to Syria will only fight Islamic State militants and won't become involved in the long-running civil war.
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Senior U.S. officials say a small number of U.S. special operations forces will be deployed to northern Syria to work with local ground forces in the fight against Islamic State jihadists.
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A Cologne court accused eight men of robbing churches and schools to fund Islamic State terrorism.
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Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says his government is ready to agree to take in more than 150 Christians living in a refugee camp in Iraq.
The invitation to Iran to take part in talks to end the civil war in Syria, along with stepped up military tactics against ISIS, signals a changing U.S. Middle East strategy.