U.S. pummels ISIS in overnight bombing raids

By John Siciliano

Published June 20, 2015 10:41am ET

U.S. pummels ISIS in overnight bombing raids — U.S. and coalition partners hit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters hard Friday night in a barrage of 22 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon said Saturday. The U.S. targeted checkpoints in an attempt to restrict the fighters movements, said Colonel Wayne Marotto, chief spokesman for the Combined Joint Task Force. The Islamic […]

U.S. and coalition partners hit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters hard Friday night in a barrage of 22 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon said Saturday.

The U.S. targeted checkpoints in an attempt to restrict the fighters movements, said Colonel Wayne Marotto, chief spokesman for the Combined Joint Task Force.