The U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes
Monday night on Islamic State group targets in Syria, Pentagon said.
Using a mix of manned aircraft — fighter jets and
bombers — plus Tomahawk cruise missiles, the strikes were part of the expanded
military campaign that President Barack Obama authorized nearly two weeks ago
in order to disrupt and destroy the Islamic State militants, who have
slaughtered thousands of people, beheaded Westerners — including two American
journalists — and captured large swaths of Syria and northern and western Iraq.
Syria's Foreign Ministry said the U.S. informed Syria's envoy to the U.N. that "strikes will be launched against the terrorist Daesh group in Raqqa." The statement used an Arabic name to refer to the Islamic State group
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