{"id":1670,"date":"2014-09-11T08:10:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T08:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2014-09-11T08:10:22","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T08:10:22","slug":"is-crisis-obama-threatens-action-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=1670","title":{"rendered":"IS crisis: Obama threatens action in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1671\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1671\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/obama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1671\" alt=\"US President Barack Obama\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/obama.jpg\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/obama.jpg 286w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/obama-128x80.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Barack Obama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"nrelate_flyout_placeholder\">\n<p>US President Barack Obama says he will not hesitate to take action against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria as well as Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>In a nationally televised speech outlining his strategy against IS, he said that any group that threatened America would \u201cfind no safe haven\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also announced that 475 US military personnel would be sent to Iraq but said they would not have a combat role.<\/p>\n<p>IS controls large parts of Syria and Iraq after a rapid military advance.<\/p>\n<p>Its fighters have become notorious for their brutality, beheading enemy soldiers and Western journalists on video.<\/p>\n<p>The US has launched over 150 airstrikes against the group in Iraq and provided arms to Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting against IS.<\/p>\n<p>In a 15-minute speech shown at peak time in the US, President Obama vowed that America would lead \u201ca broad coalition to roll back\u201d IS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with the Iraqi government, we will expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian missions, so that we\u2019re hitting Isil [Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant &#8211; the previous name for IS] targets as Iraqi forces go on the offense\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he would welcome congressional approval for the fight against IS but said that he had the authority to act without it.<\/p>\n<p>President Obama was elected in part because of fervent opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and presided over the US troop pullout from the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Barack Obama says he will not hesitate to take action against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria as well as Iraq. In a nationally televised speech outlining his strategy against IS, he said that any group that threatened America would \u201cfind no safe haven\u201d. 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