Here is something like a summary of US air strikes on targets in Syria, flown the last night - as reported from the locals, and sorted out per province:
* Raqqa
- 7 strikes in total on targets inside the city were recorded during the night
- three locations in Tel Abyad area, north of this city, were hit
- the governor palace in Raqqa was completely destroyed during the night; this area was hit again early this morning, causing a huge fire
- Tabqa AB was hit five times
- Base 93 was hit three times - by Tomahawks
* Idlib
- JAN HQ in Idlib (no specific place mentioned)
- JAN HQ at Khirbet Ghazala (where the CO Mohammed Brigade, Abdu Ismail Mohammed was KIA)
- Activists are reporting that the strikes in this Province have hit the Ahrar ash-Sham HQ too, but 'only killed civilians'.
* Dayr az-Zawr
- no specific targets mentioned yet, but given 'several air strikes' were reportedly flown there, and all by night, it's clear these were undertaken by the US: SyAAF is not known to have flown a single nocturnal air strike in three years of war.
I purposedly write 'US air strikes' here, because it seems the US are alone in striking targets inside Syria: UK has promised to join, but didn't do so yet. Except for fighter-bombers, Rear Adm John Kirby has mentioned involvement of 'bombers and Tomahawk missiles'. Jordan is the only Arab nation to officially acknowledge involvement of its air force so far, but what the official website of the General Command of the Armed Forces of Jordan (in Arabic) says, seems to indicate RJAF flying strikes against targets inside Iraq.
Furthermore, locals are reporting rather weak presence of the Daesh in most of targeted areas: seems that majority of extremists went slaughtering Kurds in the Kobane pocket...
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