BEIRUT—Hundreds of Christian families have fled a central Syrian town as ISIS extremists advance toward it, activists said Saturday, the anniversary of the U.S. beginning airstrikes against the extremists in Iraq.
A U.S.-led coalition has conducted nearly 6,000 airstrikes against the ISIS group, expanding its operations to target the extremists in Syria as well. But a year later, the ISIS group remains able to launch attacks across its self-declared “caliphate” in both countries, despite some gains by Kurdish fighters and allied Iraqi forces.
