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U.S. Attacks ISIS Locations In Syria

U.S. forces attacked ISIS targets overnight Saturday in northwest Syria, leaving at least nine people dead. The White House says President Trump plans to make a major statement at 9 a.m. Sunday.

Updated at 6:37 a.m. ET

U.S. forces attacked ISIS targets overnight Saturday in northwest Syria, leaving at least nine people dead, war monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

Multiple news organizations report that U.S. forces targeted ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, though NPR has not independently confirmed those reports.

An Iraqi security official tells NPR that U.S. military commanders told him they believe

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