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Marines Wrap Up Artillery Mission In Syria

December 01 2017

USA

The U.S. is bringing home a Marine artillery unit from Syria with the winding down of the fight against the Islamic State there, reports the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.

The 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, arrived in Syria on Sept. 15, replacing a previous unit, the task force said on Thursday.

The unit provided precision artillery strikes in support of the coalition fighting ISIS in Raqqa in eastern Syria. With the city liberated and ISIS on the...

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