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President Obama has announced that he will send an additional 250 U.S. troops to Syria to aid in the fight against ISIS

President Obama has announced that he will send an additional 250 U.S. troops to Syria to aid in the fight against ISIS. He says they will play an advisory role there. CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose shares a preview of a sit-down interview he had with the president, and joins CBSN along with CBS News national security correspondent David Martin with more details.

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There are calls to re-start Syrian peace talks after opposition leaders asked for a timeout

There are calls to re-start Syrian peace talks after opposition leaders asked for a timeout. Increased fighting in Syria in recent days indicates a possible crumbling of the partial cease-fire, brokered by the United States and Russia in February. President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone Monday about the crisis. “CBS This Morning” co-host Charlie Rose interviewed the president at the White House, just after the call.

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Ever since breaking from Al Qaeda in 2013, the Islamic militant group has turned to social media to spread its message far beyond Iraq and Syria, creating one of the most sophisticated propaganda machines of any terrorist organization

Ever since breaking from Al Qaeda in 2013, the Islamic militant group has turned to social media to spread its message far beyond Iraq and Syria, creating one of the most sophisticated propaganda machines of any terrorist organization. Contributing Brendan Koerner joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss how ISIS is waging the social media war.

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In a sign that ISIS may be having trouble keeping willing recruits, a captured 19-year-old ISIS soldier told his captors that he became disillusioned with ISIS due to all of the violence and killings

In a sign that ISIS may be having trouble keeping willing recruits, a captured 19-year-old ISIS soldier told his captors that he became disillusioned with ISIS due to all of the violence and killings. The young Syrian man reported that witnessing a beheading caused him to lose faith in ISIS and leave the terrorist group. Holly Williams reports from Syria.

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