They used a mix of manned aircraft -- fighter jets and bombers -- plus Tomahawk cruise missiles and these strikes were part of the expanded military campaign that President Barack Obama had authorized nearly two weeks ago in order to disrupt and destroy the Islamic State militants.
The strikes were carried out by manned Air Force and Navy aircraft, and the Tomahawk missiles were launched from US ships in the northern Persian Gulf and the Red Sea – incidentally, the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is already positioned in the Gulf.
The targets were Islamic State group headquarters in Raqqa in eastern Syria and would include the militants' command and control centers, re-supply facilities, training camps and other key logistical sites.
It may be recalled that the IS militants have slaughtered thousands of people, beheaded Westerners -- including two American journalists -- and captured large swaths of Syria and northern and western Iraq.
As per military leaders, nearly two-thirds of the estimated 31,000 Islamic State militants were in Syria probably because they consider it to be a safe haven due to the ongoing civil war in the country.
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