A US Navy F-18E Super Hornet receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq after conducting air strikes in Syria. (Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel/US Air Force)
Air Strikes Against Isis Are Not Working, Say Syrian Kurds -- The Guardian
Isis fighters have pushed to the edge of Kobani and evade western strikes, says spokesman for Kurdish fighters
US-led air strikes in northern Syria have failed to interrupt the advance of Islamic State (Isis) fighters closing in on a key city on the Turkish border, raising questions about the western strategy for defeating the jihadi movement.
Almost two weeks after the Pentagon extended its aerial campaign from Iraq to neighbouring Syria in an attempt to take on Isis militants in their desert strongholds, Kurdish fighters said the bombing campaign was having little impact in driving them back.
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My Comment: To a certain degree these air strikes will have an impact .... but my money is on the Arab states and what they are preparing to do (I hope) in combating the Islamic State .... Arab Leaders Attack IS With Intel, Theological Challenge -- Defense News
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