US Air Power Unchanged as Russia Strikes in Syria

The United States said it would continue to lead coalition airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, ignoring Russia's request for U.S. aircraft to avoid Syrian airspace as Russia began conducting bombing there Wednesday. U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said a Russian official in Baghdad had given U.S. Embassy personnel notice earlier in the morning of the planned strikes in Syria against Islamic State targets.  "The U.S.-led coalition will...

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