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U.S. says it has targeted Khorasan Group again in Syria with airstrike
Source: Los Angeles Times
U.S. says it has targeted Khorasan Group again in Syria with airstrike
By NABIH BULOS, PATRICK J. MCDONNELL | REPORTING FROM AMMAN, JORDAN
NOVEMBER 14, 2014, 1:32 PM
American warplanes have struck for a third time an Al Qaeda-linked extremist faction operating in Syria, the U.S. military's Central Command said Friday.
A single airstrike targeted the Khorasan group, Centcom said in a statement, referring to a network of senior Al Qaeda operatives that U.S. officials have said is plotting terrorist attacks against targets in the West.
The Khorasan Group operates in coordination with Al Nusra Front, Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, according to U.S. officials.
The raid was one of 20 conducted by the U.S.-led coalition between Wednesday and Friday, the military said. All but three of the attacks occurred near the north-central Syrian city of Kobani, where Kurdish militiamen have been fending off an assault by militants of the Islamic State group for weeks.
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By NABIH BULOS, PATRICK J. MCDONNELL | REPORTING FROM AMMAN, JORDAN
NOVEMBER 14, 2014, 1:32 PM
American warplanes have struck for a third time an Al Qaeda-linked extremist faction operating in Syria, the U.S. military's Central Command said Friday.
A single airstrike targeted the Khorasan group, Centcom said in a statement, referring to a network of senior Al Qaeda operatives that U.S. officials have said is plotting terrorist attacks against targets in the West.
The Khorasan Group operates in coordination with Al Nusra Front, Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, according to U.S. officials.
The raid was one of 20 conducted by the U.S.-led coalition between Wednesday and Friday, the military said. All but three of the attacks occurred near the north-central Syrian city of Kobani, where Kurdish militiamen have been fending off an assault by militants of the Islamic State group for weeks.
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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-airstrikes-20141114-story.html
