Under Trump administration, airstrikes on Islamic State continue

Published January 23, 2017 4:24pm ET



Coalition airstrikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria showed no signs of change under the new Trump administration over the weekend.

According to U.S. Central Command, the coalition carried out 31 airstrikes on targets in those two countries on Saturday. Most of those strikes, 25, were in Syria and the remaining six were in Iraq. Those numbers are on par with the daily totals Central Command puts out.

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