Syria, ISIS and al Qaeda
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The U.S. withdrawal of troops from Ain al-Asad Airbase was completed by Friday as part of regional consolidation following progress on ISIS as CENTCOM calls for "teamwork."
The U.S. military carried out an additional round of what it called "large-scale strikes" against multiple ISIS targets in Syria.
The latest attack comes after U.S. forces struck ISIS infrastructure and weapons sites last month in retaliation for the deaths of two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter.
The U.S. military on Saturday carried out “large-scale” strikes against ISIS militants in Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. CENTCOM forces worked with partners in the
A senior official in the Kurdish-led administration governing northeast Syria (Rojava) warned on Sunday that escalating fighting with Damascus-affiliated forces risks triggering an Islamic State (ISIS) resurgence and endangering camps holding thousands of families linked to the extremist group.
The White House carried out multiple large-scale strikes against ISIS targets in Syria Saturday afternoon, the US military said.
The strikes were part of a retaliatory operation for the ISIS terrorist ambush in Palmyra, Syria, in December that killed two American soldiers and one U.S. civilian interpreter.
Crown prosecutors are calling for a 16 year prison sentence for a Calgary man who travelled to the Middle East to join the terror group ISIS in 2013.