Secretary of State John Kerry says that ISIL is committing genocide against Christians, Yazidis and Shiite Muslims in Iraq and Syria. This comes less than a week after the U.S. Central Command chief, General Lloyd Austin, told Congress the Pentagon wants more resources in the fight against ISIL, though he stopped short of explicitly calling for more U.S. troops to be deployed to Iraq and Syria. There are currently more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq and at least 50 U.S. soldiers in Syria.