US Invokes Iraq's Defense in Legal Justification of Syria Strikes

President Obama said Tuesday the United States carried out airstrikes in Syria to eliminate potential terrorist threats and won't hesitate to do so again in the future. "We will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people." Obama

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 

(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

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 White House ordered air attacks on Islamic State militants in eastern Syria within 72 hours after five Arab allies agreed to participate in the attacks, the Pentagon's top officer said Tuesday. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs