The strikes against the ISIS leaders, operatives, and camps were conducted as part of the ongoing mission to disrupt, degrade, and defeat ISIS, in order to prevent the terrorist group from conducting external operations and to ensure that ISIS does not seek to take advantage of the current situation to reconstitute in central Syria.

The operation struck over 75 targets using multiple U.S. Air Force assets, including B-52s, F-15s, and A-10s. Battle damage assessments are underway, and there are no indications of civilian casualties.

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    Assad was a butcher and however he was overthrown it’s a net positive for the people of Syria.

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      And the Iraqis should thank the US for deposing Saddam, too? Assad been gone less than a day and they’re already bombing the fuck out of Syria, shut the fuck up fr.

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      Thank you, Council on Foreign Relations and National Endowment for Democracy, very cool.