Jordan confirmed Saturday that its air force took part in US-led overnight airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria. The attacks killed at least five ISIS operatives, including the leader of a drone cell, according to Syrian and monitoring sources.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP that “at least five members of the Islamic State group were killed” in the strikes in eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, including the head of a cell responsible for operating drones in the area.

A Syrian security source told the agency that the US strikes targeted ISIS cells in the vast Syrian desert, including in Homs, Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa provinces, and did not include ground operations. Most of the targets were in a mountainous area running north of the historic city of Palmyra, including toward Deir ez-Zor.

A second Syrian security official told AFP said “the bombardment was intense” and lasted around five hours.

Jordan confirmed after the attack that its air force........

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