Amateur Footage of US Air Strikes in Syria

September 23, 2014 - Amateur footage purports to show the first US air strikes against Isis in Syria. The most intensive barrage of air strikes launched against Islamic State (Isis) since the US fight against the terror group began last month thundered into northern Syria until after dawn on Tuesday, heralding a new phase of a war that Sunni regional powers have vowed to help lead. Large explosions were reported in the group’s stronghold of Raqqa, in eastern Syria, as well as in Idlib province. There were unconfirmed reports that attacks had also taken place near Deir Azzor and western Aleppo. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/23/us-launches-air-strikes-ag…