U.S. expands potential targets in Syria

Defense News: The U.S. military is expanding its list of potential targets in Syria to include the al-Qaida affiliate known as al-Nusra and the forces loyal to the embattled Assad regime, a Pentagon official said.

The widening war effort comes as the U.S. begins to follow through on a promise to support the moderate Syrian rebels who have undergone the American-led train-and-equip program and recently returned to the battlefield in Syria.

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