President Barack Obama announced a new pact on intelligence-sharing with France on Monday but ruled out any changes in US strategy to fight the Islamic State despite mounting expectations.

He ruled out the use of US ground forces, saying it would be a mistake. “The strategy that we have put forward is the strategy that is going to work,” Obama told reporters in the Turkish coastal city of Antalya on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.

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