The Hill: US-led airstrikes destroy equipment taken by ISIS
Airstrikes carried out by the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have destroyed an air defense system and other equipment the terrorist group seized when it retook the ancient city of Palmyra from Russian and Syrian forces last weekend, the coalition said Friday.
“The [coalition] commanding general, Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, made it clear during his Dec. 14 press conference that we would strike the equipment before it posed a threat to counter-ISIL operations,” coalition spokesman Col. John Dorrian said in a statement, using an alternate acronym for the group. “We will not allow ISIL to maintain capabilities that threaten coalition or partner forces.”
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Update #1: US-Led Coalition Conducts 10 Airstrikes Against Daesh in Syria's Palmyra (Sputnik)
Update #2: Coalition airstrikes destroy military equipment ISIS captured in Palmyra (RUDAW)
Update #3: Caught on video: US-led coalition in Syria destroys ISIS tanks, artillery near Palmyra (FOX News/AP)
WNU Editor: The U.S. is doing the work that the Russians should be doing after losing Palmyra last week in an ISIS attack.
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