US military leaders are preparing a plan that could keep Islamic State (ISIS) fighters from regaining a foothold in Syria, while preventing Syrian oil from falling into the hands of Iran or the militant group, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Thursday.

"There's a plan coming together from the Joint Chiefs that I think may work, that may give us what we need to prevent ISIS from coming back, Iran taking the oil, ISIS from taking the oil," Graham told reporters after receiving a briefing from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the White House, according to Reuters.


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