U.S. airstrikes kill 37 militants affiliated with extremist groups in Syria

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-30 13:55:15 | Updated at 2024-10-02 02:40:21 1 day ago

U.S. airstrikes kill 37 militants affiliated with extremist groups in Syria
CBS News ^ | September 29, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 09/30/2024 6:35:16 AM PDT by Red Badger

Two U.S. airstrikes killed 37 militants affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group and an al Qaeda-linked group in Syria, the military said Sunday.

Two of the dead were senior militants, the U.S. Central Command said.

The military said it struck northwestern Syria on Tuesday, targeting a senior militant from the al Qaeda-linked Hurras al-Deen group and eight others. They say he was responsible for overseeing military operations.

They also announced a strike from earlier this month on Sept. 16, where they conducted a "large-scale airstrike" on an ISIS training camp in a remote undisclosed location in central Syria. That attack killed 28 militants, including "at least four Syrian leaders."

"The airstrike will disrupt ISIS' capability to conduct operations against U.S. interests, as well as our allies and partners," the statement read.

There are some 900 U.S. forces in Syria, along with an undisclosed number of contractors, mostly trying to prevent any comeback by ISIS, which swept through Iraq and Syria in 2014, taking control of large swaths of territory.

U.S. forces advise and assist their key allies in northeastern Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, located not far from strategic areas where Iran-backed militant groups are present, including a key border crossing with Iraq.

TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Syria
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1 posted on 09/30/2024 6:35:16 AM PDT by Red Badger

To: Red Badger

While it’s certainly nice of us to help Syrian President Basher Assad in taking out his terrorists, I still don’t get why we’re helping him.

(well, that he’s fighting terrorists there, and our government says that we’re also fighting terrorists there - so I guess we must be helping him)

2 posted on 09/30/2024 6:39:56 AM PDT by BobL

To: Red Badger

Now wait until they have the funeral for those, and then bomb everyone who attends those funerals!

To: Red Badger

74 flying sandals! Let’s get some zeros behind that.

4 posted on 09/30/2024 6:46:05 AM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )

To: BobL

The enemy of my enemy is my friend..................

5 posted on 09/30/2024 6:47:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: BobL

How is this even possible? Czar Cumala just told us we have no active duty military in combat zones!?!?!?!?!

6 posted on 09/30/2024 6:47:55 AM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)

To: Red Badger

"affiliated with"

So... not actually members.

7 posted on 09/30/2024 6:51:13 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits

To: Red Badger

Israel calls for cease fire!

8 posted on 09/30/2024 6:54:29 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)

To: T.B. Yoits

Didn’t Tulsi go there once? I’ll go with her ideas.

9 posted on 09/30/2024 6:54:44 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET

To: Red Badger

The article says we have 900 troops in Syria. Are the aircraft that carried out this mission also located there or are they somewhere else?

10 posted on 09/30/2024 6:54:55 AM PDT by johniegrad

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