US and coalition forces blitz Raqqa with 187 airstrikes in first week of operations
By: Shawn Snow, June 15, 2017
WASHINGTON — U.S. and coalition forces carried out 187 airstrikes June 6-13, targeting ISIS fighters desperately attempting to fend off an assault by America’s Kurdish allies, who launched an operation on June 6 to liberate the terror group’s de facto capital.
The strikes represent a staggering display of U.S. airpower against a city of roughly 200,000 inhabitants, as the U.S. and its Kurdish allies, the Syrian Democratic Forces, ramp up operations to destroy the terror group in Syria. It also calls into question the level of U.S. firepower being brought to bear on the ISIS capital.
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