U.S. Is Carrying Out Vast Majority Of Strikes On ISIS, Military Officials Say -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — The vast majority of airstrikes launched against Sunni militant targets in Syria have been carried out by American war planes and ship-based Tomahawk cruise missiles, military officials said Tuesday, in what they described as the successful beginning of a long campaign to degrade and destroy the Islamic State.
In disclosing the identities of the five Sunni Arab nations that joined or supported the attacks in Syria — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan and Qatar — the Obama administration sought to paint a picture of an international coalition resolute in its determination to take on the Sunni militant group.
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My Comment: Details on what the Arab coalition are contributing in the way of air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria have been sparse at best. The most detail post that I seen so far is the following .... Details of military support from Arab allies in anti-ISIS strikes (FOX News). My guess is that the above New York Times post has it right .... the U.S. is essentially doing most if not all the air strikes, and talk of this coalition of 5 Arab states is mostly politics.
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