US defense secretary Ashton Carter has said that the US will send special forces to Iraq and Syria to intensify fight against dreaded militant group Islamic State. In full coordination with the government of Iraq, US is deploying a specialised expedition targeting force to assist Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces and put even more pressure on ISIS. These special operators will, over time, be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture ISIS leaders. The chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, general Joseph Dunford, also testified before the Congressional Armed Services Committee. Carter said the US forces will also be in a position to conduct unilateral operations in Syria.

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ISIS has released an e-book online on the terrorist organisation’s jihadist platform, Black Flags from the ISIS. In it, the terrorist cell has said that, “The Islamic State would now expand beyond Iraq and Syria. It would now expand into… India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan (and several other countries)”. 

They also aimed their statements at PM Narendra Modi calling him a  ‘right-wing Hindu nationalist’ who ‘worships weapons’ and is ‘preparing his people for a future war against their number one enemy – Muslims’.