- U.S. military likely to send as many as 1,000 more ground troops into Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive, officials say https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/03/15/u-s-military-probably-sending-as-many-as-1000-more-ground-troops-into-syria-ahead-of-raqqa-offensive-officials-say/?tid=ss_tw-amp&utm_term=.dd68dc49dde5 5 comments politics