THE US has carried out dozens of airstrikes across central Syria on terrorist ISIS targets, as Assad is overthrown by rebels.
More than 75 “precision airstrikes” were carried out on Sunday as fears over a power vacuum forming in the wartorn country grow.
GettyThe US has carried out over 75 air strikes in central Syria[/caption]
GettySyria’s President Bashar al-Assad was ousted by rebels on Sunday[/caption]
The Mega AgencyJoe Biden confirmed the US would continue it’s presence in Syria[/caption]
President Joe Biden warned the toppling of Assad’s regime was a “moment of risk and uncertainty” for the Middle East.
Biden warned that ISIS would exploit the regime change in Syria and attempt to reestablish itself.
He said: “We will not let that happen.”
He confirmed that the US would continue it’s involvement in the region to establish a transition “toward independent, sovereign and independent.”
The US has around 900 troops in Syria, including forces working with Kurdish allies in the northeast, to prevent the resurgence of the terrorist Islamist group there.
Biden confirmed these troops would remain in the country as the country conducted dozens of strikes in Syria.
A US government official, Daniel Shapiro, also confirmed that the US would focus on rooting out the terrorist groups activity in Syria.
He said: “We are aware that the chaotic and dynamic circumstances on the ground in Syria could give ISIS space to find the ability to become active, to plan external operations.”
He added: “We’re determined to work with those partners to continue to degrade their capabilities.”
Assad was ousted today after rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group the US had labelled a terrorist organisation, managed to overthrow the government in just 10 days.
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