U.S. warplanes have attacked dozens of Islamic State targets inside Syria in major escalation of President Barack Obama’s new borderless war against the black-clad jihadists.
“U.S. military and partner nation forces are undertaking military action against terrorists in Syria using a mix of fighter, bomber and Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles,” the Pentagon announced.
The first wave of attacks came early Tuesday morning (about 8:30 pm EDT Monday) as more than 40 cruise missiles fired from U.S. warships slammed into targets in eastern Syrian.
Air strikes from manned fighter bombers followed.