(CNN) — American jets began bombing ISIS targets in Syria early Tuesday, raising U.S. involvement in the war-torn country and sending a forceful message to the terror group. The airstrikes focused on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, a U.S. official told
The U.S. and its allies fired more than 160 bombs and missiles at targets inside Syria, destroying key buildings and infrastructure of the extremist groups Islamic State and Khorasan, Pentagon officials said in the first assessments of the impact of
President Barack Obama said Tuesday the US had joined five other nations in launching airstrikes in Syria against the group calling itself the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL). In a statement from the South Lawn of the
UPDATE, 9/23 — 12:25 a.m. ET: DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Damascus says Washington informed Syria's UN envoy before striking Islamic State in Syria. — The U.S. military on Monday began striking Islamic State targets in
WASHINGTON — The airstrikes Monday in Syria disrupted major terror attacks planned against U.S. and western targets, Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said Tuesday. The Khorasan terror group, an al-Qaeda-affliated terror organization