| | | | | | | News Alert | Thu., Nov. 10, 2016 4:43 p.m. |
| | | | | Obama directs Pentagon to target and kill leaders of al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria | | President Obama has ordered the Pentagon to find and kill the leaders of the militant group formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria that the administration had largely ignored until now, U.S. officials said. The group has been one of the most formidable forces fighting the Syrian government. The move underlines the extent to which Obama has come to prioritize the counterterrorism mission in Syria over efforts to pressure President Bashar al-Assad to step aside. | | Read more » |
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