FILE – The al-Tanf army outpost in southern Syria is seen on Oct. 22, 2018.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. army on Saturday reported a collection of strikes towards Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the December ambush that killed two U.S. troopers and one American civilian interpreter.
U.S. Central Command stated in a press release that American plane had carried out 10 strikes towards greater than 30 IS targets between Feb. 3 and Thursday, hitting weapons storage services and different infrastructure.
At the least 50 members of IS have been killed or captured, whereas greater than 100 IS targets have been struck since the US started its strikes after the Dec. 13 ambush, based on Central Command. That assault killed Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, the civilian interpreter.
In the meantime, the Syrian Protection Ministry stated Thursday that authorities forces took management of a base within the east of the nation that was run for years by U.S. troops as a part of the combat towards IS. The Al-Tanf base performed a serious function after IS declared a caliphate in massive elements of Syria and Iraq in 2014.
The U.S. army on Friday accomplished the switch of 1000’s of IS detainees from Syria to Iraq, the place they’re anticipated to face trial. The prisoners have been despatched to Iraq on the request of Baghdad, in a transfer welcomed by the U.S.-led coalition that had for years fought towards IS.
