But such reliance on air strikes has created new problems, with the campaign’s quickening pace leading to increasing numbers of civilians being killed. The fight later expanded to Afghanistan and, last week, the Pentagon quietly started an air campaign in the ISIS group’s Libyan stronghold of Sirte. Within weeks of the first strikes in Iraq, the coalition campaign spread to Syria. Just this year, ISIS has claimed a string of horrific attacks including in France, Belgium, Turkey, Baghdad and the United States. As of July 28, the Pentagon had confirmed 55 civilians killed in coalition strikes in Iraq and Syria.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 08, 2016 23:26 UTC