Thirty U.S.-led strikes hit Islamic State in Syria's Raqqa: monitoring group

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Thirty U.S.-led strikes hit Islamic State in Syria's Raqqa: monitoring group

BEIRUT Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:03am EST

(Reuters) - A U.S.-led coalition carried out at least 30 air strikes in Syria against Islamic State militants in the northern province of Raqqa on Saturday, a monitoring group said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the air strikes hit Islamic State positions in the northern outskirts of Raqqa city, a major stronghold of the hardline Islamist militants.

The areas hit by the strikes included the 17th Division, a Syrian army base that Islamic State seized in July, the Observatory said.

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[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. What will all of this bring us someday?

Is there a price to pay for our actions in the ME for the past 60 years?

[CJCRANE]

2. Just seems like nibbling around the edges.

Better to close the Turkish border and take out the ISIS convoys when they're in open desert. For example, ISIS has tanks in Kobane which seems strange. How did they move such big vehicles without being spotted?