U.S. airstrikes target al-Qaeda faction in Syria

A damaged vehicle parks beside collapsed buildings after what activists said was a U.S.-led air strike on Kafar Joum village in West Aleppo. (Stringer/Reuters)

By Karen DeYoung, Liz Sly and Missy Ryan November 6 at 10:09 PM

U.S. warplanes launched airstrikes in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border early Thursday, targeting a group other than the Islamic State for only the second time since the air campaign in the country began and threatening to draw Washington deeper into Syria’s multilayered conflicts.
U.S. Airstrikes Target Al-Qaeda Faction in Syria by Thavam