 In 2013, Obama urged the leaders of the middle east to do more to stem or address the multiple locations where Sunni-Shia strife is occurring in the middle east, including in Bahrain, Syria and Iraq.In the wake of the shattering of the Iraqi military following 2014 Northern Iraq offensive Obama deployed thousands of American Marines, Special Forces troops and military advisers to shore up the remaining Iraqi forces.These troops were also tasked with securing the area around the American Embassy in Baghdad as well as taking control of the International Airport.