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Two U.S. airstrikes killed 37 militants affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group and an al Qaeda-linked group in Syria, the military said Sunday. Two of the dead were senior militants, the U.S. Central Command said. The military said it struck northwestern Syria on Tuesday, targeting a senior militant from the al Qaeda-linked Hurras al-Deen group and eight others. They say he was responsible for overseeing military operations. They also announced a strike from earlier this month on Sept. 16, where they conducted a "large-scale airstrike" on an ISIS training camp in a remote undisclosed location in central Syria. That...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – A new drone strike was reported in the northern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate on Monday. According to opposition reports, the drone strike, which was suspected to have been carried out by the U.S. Coalition, hit a vehicle carrying three people near the Turkish border. Opposition activists shared photos of the aftermath of the strike, which showed the complete destruction of a van near the city of ‘Azaz. No military or group has claimed for the drone strike. Since the late June, at least three suspected U.S. drone strikes have been carried out in northern...