Long War Journal: U.S. Has Launched Over 500 Strikes Against Islamic States Since May
On May 1, the United States launched Operation Roundup to accelerate the defeat of the Islamic State in the Middle Euphrates River Valley and the Iraq-Syria border region. Over the past three months, the US-led Coalition has launched 529 strikes in Iraq and Syria, the majority of which hit the critical border crossing of Abu Kamal, Syria.
The Coalition conducted 225 strikes in May and a similar number in June, over three times as many as the 74 strikes launched in March, shortly before Operation Roundup began. Strikes declined by over half in July, when 81 were conducted.
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WNU Editor: This is going to take a while.
I bet the Russians want the USA doing its thing in Syria. So much so they look the other way after all those Russian mercy were wasted by the US.
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