Coalition jets led by the U.S. military launched more than a dozen attacks on Islamic State stronghold areas in northeastern Syria overnight in what’s being billed as response raids to the terror group’s capture of a Jordanian pilot last month.
The group “Raqqa is Silently Being Slaughtered” reported that the coalition kicked off at least 13 strikes, The Washington Post reported.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as well as the Local Coordination Committees collective confirmed the raids took place, but none of the groups gave casualty counts.
On Dec. 24, a Jordan pilot was captured by the Islamic State after his F-16 jet was downed near Raqqa.
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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