In a significant move, the United States started bombing on IS targets in Syria using fighters, bomber and Tomahawk missiles, says the Pentagon late Monday night report.Pentagon spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby said, "I can confirm that US military and partner nation forces are undertaking military action against ISIL terrorists in Syria.” “Given that these operations are ongoing, we are not in a position to provide additional details,” he added.Saudi Arabia and Jordan were among countries that took part in these bombings, reports say.The bombings came a day before President Barack Obama was scheduled to address the UN Security Council on foreign fighters working with the ISIS in Syria and Iraq.Also, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is arriving here later in the week for UN general assembly meetings in New York and talks with President Barrack Obama in DC.
Obama administration says US media that Monday’s bombings were focussed on targets — mostly buildings — in Raqqa, a Syrian city now home to ISIS.US strikes expected after President Barack Obama announced earlier this month “I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are.” “That means,” he had added, “I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL (an alternate acronym for ISIS, also sometimes called just IS, for Islamic State) in Syria, as well as Iraq.”Senior US officials have been saying for a while now that the only effective way of dealing with ISIS — destroying it, in other words — was to attack it in both Iraq and Syria.
