Late Monday night, American warplanes began bombing about 20 Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets. It's a key part of President Obama's strategy for destroying ISIS: weaken ISIS in Syria before more moderate Syrian rebels try to retake the
Military action against the Islamic terrorist network ISIS began late Monday night in the northern region of Syria, according to multiple news reports. U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria started in the evening, Obama administration
The U.S. and partner nations “are undertaking military action” against the Islamic militant group in Syria, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said in a statement. “The decision to conduct these strikes was made earlier today by the U.S
Even as it launched sweeping new airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, the U.S. military said Tuesday that it had expanded the campaign to the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, targeting an offshoot of Al Qaeda said to be plotting
An Israeli Patriot missile battery has shot down a Syrian fighter jet that infiltrated half a mile into airspace controlled by Israel over the Golan Heights on Tuesday morning. Video footage of the first such downing by Israel of a Syrian jet since