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January 23, 2017

Pentagon: U.S. Airstrike in Syria Kills 100+
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The Pentagon says a U.S. airstrike and U.S. drone strikes in Idlib,
Syria, killed more than 100 people Friday. U.S. officials say the
victims of the airstrike were al-Qaeda fighters. But the Syrian
opposition group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham says the airstrike hit its camp
and that the victims were not al-Qaeda fighters. Jabhat Fateh al-Sham is
the new name for the group al-Nusra, which says it broke from al-Qaeda
in 2016. The airstrike was one of the final military acts of Obama's
presidency.


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