Nigeria, ISIS
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The United States' latest coordinated strikes against ISIS targets comes as Washington signals sustained pressure on the terror group.
Howard, Torres-Tovar and Sakat were killed in the city of Palmyra in central Syria. They were deployed to the country as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, a military task force the Defense Department established in 2014 to combat the rise of ISIS in the region.
Turkish police have detained 115 suspected members of the Islamic State militant group in coordinated raids across the country over alleged plots linked to Christmas and New Year celebrations.
A total of 16 GPS-guided precision munitions were deployed using MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial platforms in a joint Nigeria–United States
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., assesses President Donald Trump’s decisive strikes against ISIS in Nigeria on ‘The Story.’