WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. Correspondent Bernie Bennett explains. VERBATIM: The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside partner forces, occurred around 12:30 p.m. ET, […]
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U.S. Launches Strikes Against ISIS
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. Correspondent Bernie Bennett explains.
VERBATIM:
The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside partner forces, occurred around 12:30 p.m. ET, according to U.S. Central Command. The strikes hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria.
Saturday’s strikes are part of a broader operation that is part of President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly ISIS attack that killed Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, the civilian interpreter, in Palmyra last month.
The Pentagon said Saturday’s strikes were carried out alongside partner forces without specifying which forces had taken part.
Bernie Bennett, Washington.