After Mandate Is Expanded, Special Ops Personnel Will Fight In Syria

Lawmakers in Copenhagen have authorized Danish troops in Iraq to enter Syria to fight Islamic State terrorists, reports the Local (Denmark).

The government asked Parliament to allow special operations forces to cross into Syria from Iraq. The plan was supported by the majority of lawmakers on Friday.

The Danish government decided "on the basis of specific requests from the coalition, to expand the missions of the special operations troops in Iraq and Syria," said Foreign...