The US military will intensify airstrikes and may carry out unilateral ground raids as it steps up efforts against Islamic State militants after a failed attempt to train Syrian rebels, according to the defence secretary, Ash Carter.
Speaking to the Senate armed services committee days after a US soldier was killed participating in a Kurdish-led mission to rescue Isis hostages, Carter said similar missions were likely as US forces adapted to the fight in Syria and Iraq.
“We won’t hold back from supporting capable partners in opportunistic attacks against Isil [Isis] or conducting such missions directly, whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground,” Carter said.
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