Up to 1,000 U.S. troops will be involved in training and equipping 1,200 Syrian rebels to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
The first segment of U.S. 100 troops are already doing advance work at an undisclosed location, the Pentagon said.
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