US army reviews airstrikes towards Islamic State in Syria : NPR

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Lolita Baldor/AP 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 performed 10 strikes towards greater than 30 IS targets between Feb. 3 and Thursday, hitting weapons storage services and different infrastructure.

A minimum of 50 members of IS have been killed or captured, whereas greater than 100 IS targets have been struck since the USA started its strikes after the Dec. 13 ambush, in response to 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 struggle towards IS. The Al-Tanf base performed a significant function after IS declared a caliphate in giant components of Syria and Iraq in 2014.

The U.S. army on Friday accomplished the switch of hundreds 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.