(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) US Defence Secretary, Ashton Carter, said Friday that he expected more raids targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or what it is called (Daesh) group, similar to the mission in northern Iraq that freed dozens of captives but left an American soldier dead.
At Friday's Pentagon briefing, Carter said people should expect more raids like the one Thursday to rescue 70 Iraqis from Daesh forces in northern Iraq.
The rescue mission "represents a continuation of our advise and assist mission," Carter said .
"When we find opportunities to do things that will effectively prosecute the campaign, we're going to do that, he explained, adding that raids is one of those categories and I suspect that we'll have further opportunities in the future and we're going to avail ourselves.
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