"The UK's Ministry of Defence says an underground facility likely storing ISIL weapons was the target of the attack, but the area was devoid of any civilian habitation'. The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence has said its aircraft joined France in striking an underground facility in Syria that had likely been used by the ISIL (ISIS) group to store weapons, as the group appears to be resurgent after a period of relative dormancy in the region."
"The United States military in late December said it had killed or captured about 25 ISIL fighters in a wave of attacks over nine days in Syria. The Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees the US military's Middle East operations, issued a statement on Tuesday marking the conclusion of the operations last month. The campaign followed the killing of two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter by an ISIL attacker in Syria on December 13, and widespread US strikes against the group six days later."
UK and French aircraft carried out a joint strike on an underground facility in Syria likely used by ISIL to store weapons, located north of Palmyra, in an area described as devoid of civilian habitation. The United States military said it killed or captured about 25 ISIL fighters during a nine-day campaign in late December, with CENTCOM marking the conclusion of those operations. That campaign followed the December 13 killing of two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter and subsequent widespread US strikes. Turkish authorities detained 125 ISIL suspects across 25 provinces, and a shootout in Yalova killed three police and six suspected ISIL members.
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