US President Barack Obama has decided to send 300 additional U.S. Special Operations troops to assist in Iraq's fight against advancing ISIS militants.
Obama said that he is sending up to 300 US military advisers to Iraq, but made clear that he will continue to hold back more substantive support till its deemed necessary, the Washington Post reported.
He further said that the troops are being deployed to better assess the situation on the ground, where forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have moved ever nearer to Baghdad.
He added that the US will be prepared to take "targeted and precise military action" if and when the situation on the ground requires it.
Though the possibility of US air strikes against a militant insurgency is still open, he insisted that the US troops would not return to combat in Iraq.
