Obama to announce new ISIS strategy

Obama to announce new ISIS strategy
Obama to announce new ISIS strategy

Obama to announce new ISIS strategy

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On Wednesday, President Obama is expected to outline his strategy for combating the Islamic State, which may include authorizing U.S. airstrikes in Syria. Obama has already authorized limited military airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq, although he has said any policy put forth by the administration will not include troops on the ground. We’ll discuss possible strategies for containing ISIS with Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma. (photo: In this undated file image posted on Monday, June 30, 2014, by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a militant extremist group, fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, File))