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U.S. coalition airstrikes against ISIS continue in Syria despite Trump withdrawal announcement

Israeli soldiers on the Golan Heights watch fighting beyond the border fence in Syria in July. Photo: Mati Milstein/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The U.S.-led coalition airstrikes against ISIS in Syria are continuing, and the coalition announced that attacks Dec. 16-22 "severely degraded" the group's facilities and "removed several hundred ISIS fighters from the battlefield," per CNN.

Why it matters: It's a sign that the coalition's military strategy hasn't changed since President Trump announced last week that the U.S. would withdraw from Syria. There's also an unspoken message: the coalition doesn't consider the terrorist group to be defeated.

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