The U.S. and five Middle Eastern allies launched an expansive attack on extremist fighters in Syria on Monday night as airstrikes hit Islamic State strongholds and another anti-Western group, opening a challenging new front in an expanding Middle East war.
Using Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from Navy ships in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, U.S. Air Force fighter planes, armed drones and allied aircraft, the strikes hit nearly two dozen targets in parts of Syria controlled by Islamic State militants, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
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