US conducts airstrike on weapons storage site as troops pull out of Syria
By Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne, CNN
Updated 7:29 PM ET, Wed October 16, 2019
CNN's Baldwin reacts to Trump's claim of victory: It's a total spin
Washington (CNN)Two US Air Force F-15 jets conducted an airstrike targeting an American munitions storage bunker at a US base in Syria Wednesday in order to prevent the munitions and other equipment from falling into the hands of armed groups, two US defense officials told CNN.
"On Oct. 16, after all Coalition personnel and essential tactical equipment departed, two Coalition F-15Es successfully conducted a pre-planned precision airstrike at the Lafarge Cement Factory to destroy an ammunition cache, and reduce the facility's military usefulness," US Army Col. Myles Caggins, a spokesman for the US-led military coalition fighting ISIS, confirmed in a statement Wednesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/us-airstrike-storage-site-syria/index.html
