Protesters Clash in Syria
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Jordan confirmed that its air force took part in the U.S. air strikes "targeting several ISIS positions in southern Syria."
ISIL attacks dropped after Assad regime fell. But the group is likely attempting to destabilise Syria’s new government.
Trump said the U.S. was targeting "the murderous terrorists responsible" for the deaths of two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter.
U.S. troops remain deployed in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen under war authorities, conducting raids and airstrikes in conflicts most Americans have forgotten.
The IDF says reserve troops from the 55th Brigade have completed more than three months of operational activity in southern Syria and along the Golan Heights.
Two civilians were killed and eight were wounded by shelling in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported.
A deadly explosion struck the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in Homs, Syria, on Friday, killing at least eight people and injuring 18 others. The attack targeted the Alawite minority in the Wadi al-Dhahab neighbourhood during Friday prayers.