New US-led air strikes hit Isil targets in Syria [View all]
Source: The Telegraph (UK)
The US-led coalition widened its air strikes against Islamic State (Isil) group targets in Syria on Saturday as part of "near continuous" raids against the jihadists.
The expanded operations in Syria by Washington and its Arab allies came after three more European governments deployed fighter jets for strikes against IS in Iraq, freeing up US air power.
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The US-led coalition hit Isil targets in Syria's central province of Homs for the first time on Saturday as well as in the town of Minbej, near the western limit of Isil control, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said the targets hit in Homs province were far away from the front line in fighting involving forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad who control Homs city, Syria's third largest.
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They are training 5,000 rebels but say they will need 12 - 15,000 to push back ISIL.
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