US Forces Kill 150 ISIS Fighters in Airstrike in Syria, Says Pentagon

Paratroopers engage ISIS terrorists with precise and strategically placed artillery fire in support of Iraqi and Peshmerga fighters in Mosul, Iraq, on July 6, 2017. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Bigelow

The Pentagon said that U.S. airstrikes killed 150 ISIS terrorists in eastern Syria amid the government shutdown over the weekend.

The airstrike occurred near the Euphrates River near the border between Syria and Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Tuesday, Jan. 23.