US strikes target Isis in Syria but Pentagon insists focus.
While US and Arab aircraft pummelled targets across Syria on Monday night, a senior Pentagon general on Tuesday said the cross-border expansion of the war against the Islamic State (Isis) had a sharp focus on Iraq. Fourteen. Yet elsewhere in Syria, the strikes against Isis opened what US officials indicate as an opportunity to strike a mysterious al-Qaida cell in Syria believed to have been in the advanced stages for bomb attacks against US or western targets.
Top Republican calls for US ground war amid fresh strikes.
Fresh wave of bombing raids target Islamic State oil supplies as John Boehner ramps up military rhetoric.. US bombing Isis in Syria. Buildings damaged following the American-led coalitions airstrikes against the Islamic State in Aleppo, Syria. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. Ed Pilkington in New York. this week. On Wednesday, the Pentagon said it was still investigating whether Fadhli had been killed in the Tuesday strike, as had initially been claimed.
U.S. Won?t Investigate ISIS Hostage?s Death
U.S. officials confirmed that the 26-year-old American aid worker is deceased but say theres no evidence a Jordanian airstrike killed her, as the terrorists claim���and the Pentagon wont look into how she died. U.S. officials and. The official said.
US Delta Force Commandos Kill ISIS Commander Abu.
In a rare ground attack deep into Syria, U.S. Army commandos killed a man described as the Islamic States head of oil operations, captured his wife and rescued a woman whom American officials said was enslaved. A team of. The ISIS commander, Abu Sayyaf, was killed in a heavy firefight after he resisted capture in the raid at al-Omar, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said in a statement. Sayyafs... New York Times �� NPR �� Political Correctness �� The View.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) ��� A group tracking the Syrian civil war said a report on Syrian state TV claiming the army had killed an Islamic State official had incorrectly taken credit for a raid carried out by U.S. forces. Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Syrian. Abu Sayyaf, an ISIS Leader, Killed in Syria by Special Forces, US SaysNew York Times US conducts raid on ISIS in Syria, kills.. were killed or injured, Carter said. The Pentagon has identified his wife as Umm Sayyaf ���
US General Says Raiding Syria Is Key to Halting ISIS
American officials caution that intelligence experts are still assessing ISISs current strength and that pinning down the precise number of its fighters is difficult, in part because it is not easy to identify who is a core member of the group and who.
ISIS activity prompts threat level increase at bases
The military became alarmed when one of the jihadists linked to the Garland attack tweeted the name and address of a U.S. military officer connected to the militarys Syrian rebel training program, a U.S. military official told CNN... was signed by.
American soldiers kill ISIS commander, rescue slave. Yeah.
Boom. U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State commander in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi woman held as a slave, the Pentagon said Saturday. Defense. A U.S. defense official said the raid was conducted overnight Friday (Friday evening Washington time) by a team of Army Delta commandos who flew from Iraq into eastern Syria aboard V-22 Osprey aircraft and Blackhawk helicopters.
Lets Call Islamic Terrorists What They Call Themselves
Emboldened by their success in Beirut and their almost-success in New York City in 1993, terrorists used bombs in 1995 to kill five U.S. servicemen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.. While the majority of Muslims prefer peaceful, non-violent, socio-political.
ISIS Official Killed in U.S. Raid in Syria, Pentagon Says.
By HELENE COOPER and ERIC SCHMITT MAY 16, 2015 URL of the Original Posting Site: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/world/middleeast/abu-sayyaf-isis-commander-killed-by-us-forces-pentagon-says.html?_r=0 WASHINGTON. The commandos were back in Iraq with the two women around dawn local time, officials said. They said the. how it is organized.��� Michael D. Shear contributed reporting from Washington, and Rukmini Callimachi from New York.
US Airstrikes on ISIS in Tikrit Prompt Boycott by Shiite Fighters
Even with the militias involved, officials said the current pro-government force would not be large enough to eventually help take Mosul back from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. Top officials at the Pentagon appeared to think that it.
Obamas Entire Account Of bin Ladens Death Is One Big Lie
. betrayals would create a backlash. High-level lying nevertheless remains the modus operandi of US policy, along with secret prisons, drone attacks, Special Forces night raids, bypassing the chain of command, and cutting out those who might say no.. never informed of the US mission. This remains the White House position despite an array of reports that have raised questions, including one by Carlotta Gall in the New York Times Magazine of 19 March 2014.
Pentagon deploys to the crisis in Nepal; Naval ships pound Yemens Aden.
The disclosure, from the Wall Street Journals Adam Entous, follows Obamas admission of ���full responsibility��� last week for the accidental deaths of American Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto who were killed in a U.S.���signature.
ISIS Is the Worlds Richest Terror Group, But Spending Money Fast
A U.S. counterterrorism official said that encouraging attacks by fan boys in Paris and Tunis allows ISIS to reap cheap publicity without expending the precious revenues needed to protect its caliphate in Iraq and Syria. All the terror attacks.
Islamic State Financing And US Policy Approaches ��� Analysis
The Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, has been described by senior U.S. officials as one of the best-funded terrorist organizations. Its wealth has contributed to the groups ability to finance sophisticated military operations across parts of.
Isis senate hearing: Dempsey calls Foley rescue mission.
Updated 16 Sep 2014. Chuck Hagel at Senate. Defence secretary Chuck Hagel testifies before the Senate armed services committee about Isis. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Tom McCarthy in New York. @TeeMcSee. Senator, as you have expressed it and asked the question, over time. what I would foresee happening, not only an immediate threat to United States citizens, and our people, our interests, you could find Jordan go down as the country we know today.
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He said no U.S. forces were killed or injured in the operation. According to Pentagon officials, a U.S. Delta force carried out the raid and killed about a dozen militants, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin��.
ISIS Official Killed in US Raid in Syria, Pentagon Says
Yet the Pentagons description of a nighttime raid that found its intended target deep inside Syria without any American troops being wounded or killed illustrates not only the effectiveness of the Delta Force, but of improving American intelligence on.
US, allies destroy ISIS targets, kill al-Nusra Front leader in powerful.
The Pentagon released photos Tuesday of the destruction the U.S.-led air strikes visited on ISIS stronghold in the occupied Syrian city of Raqqa.. ���The strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not Americas fight alone.
Report: ISIS Head Incapacitated Due to Spinal Damage
According to the Guardian, ISIS is now being led by a long-term senior official, Abu Alaa al-Afri, who had been appointed deputy leader when his predecessor was killed by an air strike late last year. Details of Baghdadis condition, and of the.
US makes case at United Nations for cooperative effort to.
US President Barack Obama attends a luncheon at the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations in New York, September 24, 2014.. Late Wednesday afternoon, the Pentagon announced new strikes on oil facilities in Syria which they said netted Isis up to $2m a day. It was. Isis militants killed at least 19 members of a Shia militia in an ambush attack outside Baghdad, Iraqi police said... #BREAKING Oil fields targeted in US-led air raids: US official.
US special forces kill top ISIS commander and capture his.
AMERICAN Special Forces have killed a senior Islamic State (ISIS) leader and captured his wife during a raid in Syria.. President Barack Obama ordered the overnight operation that killed Abu Sayyaf, identified as the groups Oil Minister who helped manage the groups black-market sales of oil and gas to raise funds, the Pentagon have confirmed. His wife, Umm. Ms Meehan said the operation was conducted with the full consent of Iraqi authorities. But she��.
Hard National Security Choices
The New York Times has more. As Arab leaders continue to feel threatened by a potential Iran deal, one of the assurances that the United States has tried to offer ��� that U.N. sanctions on Iran would automatically snap back into place in case of.
US strikes in Syria mark start of sustainable, persistent.
Follow live updates on the US-led battle against Islamic State militants after the campaign spread from Iraq to Syria for the first time.. The support could be military or logistics,��� Erdo��an was quoted by Turkish broadcaster NTV as telling reporters in New York. He also. US officials were cautious that Isis was a resilient enemy that is likely to adapt to US air attacks, something Mayville said was already on display in Iraq, the site of nearly 200 air strikes since 7 August.
U.S. Special Operations Kill Senior ISIS Leader During Syria.
(Via AP) The Pentagon says U.S. commandos have mounted a rare raid in eastern Syria, killing the Islamic State commander in charge of oil fields in a firefight and capturing his wife. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced��.
Obama administration approves Shell drilling in the Polar Bear Seas
Obama administration approves Shell drilling in the Polar Bear Seas | 11 May 2015 | The Obama administration gave conditional approval on Monday to allow [eco-terrorists] Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. to start drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean.
US-Jordan war games prepare wider Mideast conflict
Rick Mattson, Director of Exercises and Training at the US Central Command, said the 2015 version of Eager Lion was the largest military exercise involving US and Jordanian armed forces since the series of drills began in 2011.. The opening of the.
US commandos enter eastern Syria and kill senior ISIS.
US special operations forces killed a senior Islamic State (aka ISIL, ISIS, and Daesh) commander during an overnight raid deep in eastern Syria, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced on Saturday. Abu Sayyaf was. Abu Sayyaf was killed when he engaged US forces and his wife, Umm Sayyaf, was captured during the firefight and is currently detained in Iraq, National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said in a statement. Umm Sayyaf��.
Iran Claims U.S. Airstrikes are Killing Its Men in Iraq
The Iranian-trained Shia militias fighting around Tikrit say theyve been hit several times, and Tehran says two of its advisers were killed. The fragility. American officials remain adamant that the incident couldnt have happened, insisting they.
Senior ISIS Commander Killed in Raid in Syria - Gawker
American Special Operations forces entered eastern Syria on Friday with the intent of capturing senior ISIS commander Abu Sayyaf and his wife Umm, the New York Times reports. Sayyaf was killed after he ���engaged U.S. forces,��� the Pentagon said in a statement.
ISIS Is the Worlds Richest Terror Group, But Spending.
A U.S. counterterrorism official said that encouraging attacks by fan boys in Paris and Tunis allows ISIS to reap cheap publicity without expending the precious revenues needed to protect its caliphate in Iraq and Syria. All the terror attacks. Just after the raid, the governor of Nineveh Province told the New York Times that ISIS fighters emptied the vaults in all the other banks in town as well, and estimated the total take at $400 million. An executive with the Iraqi��.
Jordanians Step Up Bombing Raids on ISIS
Even as Jordan was stamping its imprint on the American-led campaign against the Islamic State, which has seized territory in both Syria and Iraq, the Pentagon said it was taking additional steps to reduce the time it would take to reach pilots who are.