Night Stalker MH-60 Black Hawk Lost In Successful Raid That Killed ISIS Leader In Syria (Updated)
A U.S. military special operations raid in northwest Syria resulted in the death of the ISIS leader and the loss of one MH-60 helicopter.
Tag: Al Qaeda
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This Is Our Best Look Yet At The Shadowy Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades
A video of missile parts recovered from a recent strike in Syria also shows very interesting markings.
Another Syrian Terrorist Seemingly Killed By Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades (Updated)
There reports of an unusual U.S. airstrike on a minivan in a city in northwestern Syria less than 10 miles from where American special operators conducted a raid just over a month ago that led to the death of brutal ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It appears that this targeted strike also involved the use of an extremely specialized variant of the Hellfire missile, known as the AGM-114R9X, which substitutes the warhead found on standard models for a set of folding sword-like blades for minimum collateral damage.
U.S. Launches Rare Strike On Al Qaeda In Western Syria Amid Shifting Regional Agenda
The United States has confirmed that it also conducted a rare strike in western Syria targeting Al Qaeda-linked terrorists around the same time. This is the first such American strike in that part of Syria, at least publicly, in some two years and the mission comes as the U.S. military reportedly continues to withdraw personnel from the eastern portion of the country.