Around 150 fighters with the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) have been killed in U.S. airstrikes near Al-Shafah, Syria, U.S. military officials said Tuesday.
The military said the strikes were a result of “extensive intelligence” that helped it confirm the location of an “ISIS headquarters and command-and-control center in an exclusively ISIS-occupied location in the contested Middle Euphrates River Valley.” The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took part in the operation, it added.
ISIS has lost virtually all of the territory it previously controlled across Iraq and Syria––roughly 98 percent of the land it held, the military said. But the airstrikes highlighted the fact that the fight against the group is ongoing.
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WNU Editor: US-led coalition airstrikes continue .... Air strikes kill at least 13 in east Syrian Islamic State territory: reports (Reuters).
More News On The U.S. War Against The Islamic State In Syria
On the front line it seems as if Syria’s war against Islamists is far from over -- The Independent
More details are coming out on the series of American airstrikes that killed up to 150 Islamic State fighters -- Post-Gazette/Washington Post
Beating back ISIS in Syria raises new challenges for US -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Trump faces tough road ahead in Syria -- The Hill
Defeated in Syria, ISIS Fighters Held in Camps Still Pose a Threat (New York Times)
