German Government Rules Out Sending Ground Troops to Syria
A convoy of Turkish military vehicles drives on a road near the town of Atareb Syria’s Aleppo province on July 7.
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Germany’s government ruled out dispatching ground troops to Syria to assist a U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State, pushing back on a request from the U.S. administration.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said Germany’s contribution to the anti-ISIS mission will most likely be confined to existing measures, such as aerial surveillance and assistance to Iraqi Kurds.