The presence of any sort of US troops in Syria was not authorized by either the elected government in Damascus or by the United Nations.
Though Earnest did not say specifically which forces the US advisers will be aiding, he did refer to a group 45 kilometers outside the IS capital of Raqqa, which the media has been calling 'Syrian Democratic Forces' [newspeak for those fighting against the democratically elected government of Syria]
The post US sends less than 50 special forces to advise ‘moderate opposition’ in Syria – White House appeared first on BSNEWS.
Source