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As­sault on ISIS: Airstrikes begin in Syria U.S. and Arab al­lies launch airstrikes against ISIL in Syria U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS in­side Syria for first time Amer­i­can jets began bomb­ing ISIS tar­gets in Syria early Tues­day, rais­ing U.S. in­volve­ment in the war-torn coun­try and send­ing a force­ful mes­sage to the ter­ror group. The airstrikes fo­cused on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, a U.S. of­fi­cial told CNN, though other lo­ca­tions were hit as well. At least 20 tar­gets in an around Raqqa were hit, the op­po­si­tion group Syr­i­an Ob­ser­va­to­ry for Human Rights said. They're the first strikes against the ter­ror group in­side the coun­try since Pres­i­dent Barack Obama's an­nounce­ment this month that he was pre­pared to ex­pand the Amer­i­can ef­forts be­yond tar­gets in Iraq. All for­eign part­ners par­tic­i­pat­ing in the strikes with the Unit­ed States are Arab coun­tries, a se­nior U.S. mil­i­tary of­fi­cial told CNN. Those na­tions are Bahrain, Saudi Ara­bia, the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates and Jor­dan. Airstrikes by U.S. and Al­lies Hit ISIS Tar­gets in Syria The Unit­ed States and al­lies launched airstrikes against Sunni mil­i­tants in Syria early Tues­day, un­leash­ing a tor­rent of cruise mis­siles and pre­ci­sion-guid­ed bombs from the air and sea on the mil­i­tants’ de facto cap­i­tal of Raqqa and along the porous Iraq bor­der. Amer­i­can fight­er jets and armed Preda­tor and Reaper drones, fly­ing along­side war­planes from sev­er­al Arab al­lies, struck a broad array of tar­gets in ter­ri­to­ry con­trolled by the mil­i­tants, known as the Is­lam­ic State. Amer­i­can de­fense of­fi­cials said the tar­gets in­clud­ed weapons sup­plies, de­pots, bar­racks and build­ings the mil­i­tants use for com­mand and con­trol. Tom­a­hawk cruise mis­siles were fired from Unit­ed States Navy ships in the re­gion. Con­tin­ue read­ing the main story RE­LAT­ED COV­ER­AGE A photo post­ed on a mil­i­tant web­site last week shows fight­ers from the Is­lam­ic State group in front of a po­lice sta­tion in Nin­eveh Province, Iraq.​Weeks of U.S. Strikes Fail to Dis­lodge ISIS in IraqSEPT. 22, 2014 Syr­i­an Op­po­si­tion Lead­er Calls on U.S. to Strike Mil­i­tants From AirSEPT. 22, 2014 Syr­i­an refugees near the Turk­ish-Syr­i­an bor­der on Monday.​Raids by ISIS Push Flood of Refugees Into Turkey­SEPT. 22, 2014 U.N. Food Pro­gram Warns of Cuts to Its Re­lief Ef­fortsSEPT. 22, 2014 Back and Forth, Weari­ly, Across the ISIS Bor­der­SEPT. 20, 2014 John Cantlie, held by ISIS.​New Video in ISIS ‘Lec­ture Se­ries’ by John CantlieSEPT. 22, 2014 The strikes are a major turn­ing point in Pres­i­dent Obama’s war against the Is­lam­ic State and open up a risky new stage of the Amer­i­can mil­i­tary cam­paign. Until now, the ad­min­is­tra­tion had bombed Is­lam­ic State tar­gets only in Iraq, and had sug­gest­ed it would be weeks if not months be­fore the start of a bomb­ing cam­paign against Is­lam­ic State tar­gets in Syria. U.S. car­ries out first airstrikes in Syria against Is­lam­ic State The U.S. con­duct­ed its first airstrikes in Syria, a major ex­pan­sion of Pres­i­dent Barack Obama’s ef­fort to “de­grade and ul­ti­mate­ly de­stroy” the ter­ror­ist Is­lam­ic State. septem­ber, video, 2014 “U.S. mil­i­tary and part­ner na­tion forces are un­der­tak­ing mil­i­tary the Pen­tagon press sec­re­tary, said tonight in an e-mailed The “I can con­firm that U.S. mil­i­tary and part­ner na­tion forces are un­der­tak­ing mil­i­tary ac­tion against ISIL ter­ror­ists in Syria using a mix of fight­er, bomber and Tom­a­hawk Land At­tack Mis­siles,” Rear Pen­tagon spokesman Ma­rine Lieu­tenant Colonel Jeff Pool con­firmed the strikes to VOA late Mon­day, but de­clined to give fur­ther in­for­ma­tion be­cause the op­er­a­tion is ongoing.​statement. US Launch­es Airstrikes Against Is­lam­ic State in Syria Diplo­mat­ic sources told CNN that Qatar was also in­volved, though it was not clear whether Qatar ac­tu­al­ly con­duct­ed airstrikes it­self. US Airstrikes on Syria - Am­a­teur Video show mo­ment Bomb Airstrike ISIS [RAW Footage] US Be­gins 'First Airstrikes' In Syria! US Airstrikes In Syria Be­gins - US Strike ISIS ISL Bomb­ing Airstrikes in Syria Is­lam­ic State! 'us airstrikes' 'us airstrikes syria' US Con­ducts Air Strikes In Syria ISIS VIDEO ISIL Bomb­ing Airstrikes begin in Syria UC Con­ducts Airstrikes In Syria US AirStrikes ISIS In Syria - US Strike ISIL Bomb­ing Airstrikes begin in Syria WASH­ING­TON — The U.S. mil­i­tary has begun its first airstrikes against Is­lam­ic State tar­gets in Syria late Mon­day, as the war or­dered by Pres­i­dent Obama against the mil­i­tant or­ga­ni­za­tion took on an ur­gent new phase. The Pen­tagon ac­knowl­edged re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for the at­tack in a brief state­ment. "I can con­firm that U.S. mil­i­tary and part­ner na­tion forces are un­der­tak­ing mil­i­tary ac­tion against ISIL ter­ror­ists in Syria using a mix of fight­er, bomber and Tom­a­hawk Land At­tack Mis­siles," said Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pen­tagon press sec­re­tary. "Given that these op­er­a­tions are on­go­ing, we are not in a po­si­tion to pro­vide ad­di­tion­al de­tails at this time." ex­clu­sive raw video us war­planes drones airstrike syria US Launch­es Air-Strike Cam­paign Against ISIS in Syria