US Deploys Additional Troops And Armoured Vehicles To Eastern Syria After 'Dust-Up' With Russian Forces

FILE PHOTO: American soldiers stand near military trucks, at the al-Omar oil field in Deir Ezzor, Syria, March 23, 2019. © Reuters / Rodi Said

Daily Mail: US deploys tanks to Syria to protect troops as aircraft carrier moves into position to give them fighter protection after resurgence of ISIS and Russian ramming incident

* The Army sent in six Bradley Fighting Vehicles, around 100 troops and Sentinel radar systems to North East Syria to protect US troops
* The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier also entered the Persian Gulf Friday together with two guided-missile cruisers to fly missions and protect troops
* On Friday, the president insisted America was 'out' of Syria
* Concerns are mounting ISIS is reemerging and rebuilding its power in the region
* ISIS claimed around 100 attacks in Iraq in August alone, data reveals
* Donald Trump claimed in October he had 'defeated 100% of the ISIS Caliphate'
* Tensions have also been escalating between US troops and Russian forces in eastern Syria, including a recent vehicle collision that injured four Americans

The US has deployed armored vehicles to Syria and an aircraft carrier has moved into position in the Gulf to protect American troops after soldiers were injured by a Russian military patrol last month and fears grow of a resurgence of ISIS.

The Army sent in Bradley Fighting Vehicles to North East Syria to give troops more protection in the ongoing mission to defeat Islamic State, according to a coalition spokesman.

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier also entered the Persian Gulf Friday together

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