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Trump Administration Stops Disclosing Iraq And Syria Troop Deployments In Bid To "Surprise" ISIS

Trump Administration Stops Disclosing Iraq And Syria Troop Deployments In Bid To "Surprise" ISIS

The Trump administration has stopped disclosing material information about the size and nature of the U.S. commitment to military action in Iraq and Syria, including the number of U.S. troops deployed in either country, in a bid to "surprise" the Islamic State with the number of US troops in the region the LA Times reports.

Trump Reportedly Considering 1,000 Troop Deployment To Kuwait To Fight ISIS

Trump Reportedly Considering 1,000 Troop Deployment To Kuwait To Fight ISIS

President Trump had made defeating ISIS one of the key goals of his presidency, and if Reuters' sources are to be believed, the administration is weighing a deployment of up to 1,000 American soldiers to Kuwait to serve as a reserve force in the fight against Islamic State as U.S.-backed fighters accelerate the offensive in Syria and Iraq. The Pentagon has so far declined to comment on the leak.

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