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6 Nov 2014

U.S.-led air strikes hit al Qaeda affiliate in Syria

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

An EA-18G Growler launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian GulfBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition that was set up to fight Islamic State bombed the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and another radical faction in northwest Syria overnight, rebels and residents said on Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, said a series of air strikes had targeted Nusra Front, including in Idlib province in northwest Syria, where last week the organization routed Western-backed Syrian rebels. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-led-air-strikes-hit-al-qaeda-affiliate-073353736.html