US top military officer didn't rule out sending American ground troops to Syria, to fight the militants of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), alongside moderate Syrian rebels. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey chairman of the Joint Chiefs, testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill that the situation in Syria may prompt the US to consider helping Syrian moderate rebels by small teams of American troops. "If the commander on the ground approaches either me or the secretary of defense and believes that the introduction of special operations forces to accompany Iraqis or the new Syrian forces, or JTACS," Dempsey told the House Appropriations Committee's defense panel, he added "these skilled folks who can call in close-air support, if we believe that's necessary to achieve our objectives, we will make that recommendation." Since the formation of the US-led international coalition to fight ISIS, allies haven't sent any ground troops to the hotbeds of the group in Syria or Iraq, they resorted to airstrikes to damage the spots of arm stores and supply sites. Recently US, in cooperation with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar launched training program to train least 1,200 moderate Syrian rebels, to fight ISIS and the regime of President Bashar Al Assad as well.
