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US Central Command announced on Saturday that the warship USS Tripoli has arrived in the Middle East, leading a unit of around 3,500 sailors and marines, along with transport and strike fighter aircraft.
The program also featured training activities and a display of vehicles designated for the mission.
Iraq's Kurdistan region said on Thursday it has offered a joint Kurdish-Iraqi deployment at a crossing with Turkey, with U.S.-led coalition helping fight IS.
Turkey's military has begun setting up observation posts in Syria's Idlib province, part of a deployment that appears aimed at containing a Kurdish militia.
