Tacked onto the end of the daily press release from U.S. Central Command (Centcom) Monday is a report that coalition aircraft bombed the “Khorasan Group” near Aleppo, Syria. Centcom describes the group as a “network of veteran al Qa’ida operatives.” The coalition has targeted the group at least three times before, once in September 2014 and twice in November 2014.
The full text of Monday’s statement on the strikes reads as follows:
In response to an inquiry about whether or not the “external attacks” being plotted were based on new information since the last time the group was targeted, a Centcom spokesperson said, “Though indications are that our strikes last fall reduced the imminent threat the Khorasan Group posed, the threat still exists. Without going into specifics details about intelligence, we will continue targeting and disrupting Khorasan Group as opportunities arise.”
