A senior defense official on Oct. 30 described the plan to move “less than 50 individuals” from U.S. special operations forces to Syria in support of local groups as “a start” to intensify efforts in the region to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. “The point is to get some guys on the ground, get eyes on, work with the units that are there fighting ISIL, and see what more is possible,” said the defense official, who...
