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Coalition strikes jihadists near besieged Syria town

Another raid in Iraq destroyed an armed vehicle northwest of Baghdad.

The Pentagon said Tuesday that “very successful” strikes had hit IS positions, training compounds, command centres and armed vehicles in the IS stronghold of Raqa and near the Iraqi border.

 

– ‘America not alone’ –

 

Obama declared that “the strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not America’s fight alone.

“It must be clear to anyone who would plot against America and try to do Americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people,” he added.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said NATO member Turkey, another Sunni nation and a neighbour of Syria, had pledged to join the campaign, which IS militants have warned they will avenge.

Algerian extremists have threatened to kill a French hostage unless Paris halts air raids in Iraq — a demand rejected by President Francois Hollande.

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The wife of Alan Henning — a British taxi driver held hostage by IS jihadists — pleaded for his release, saying she had received a recording of him begging for his life.

 

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