United Arab Emirates launches airstrikes against ISIS from Jordan

UAE launches airstrikes against ISIS from Jordan
(Image credit: Twitter.com/Gulf News)

The United Arab Emirates has launched airstrikes against ISIS from Jordan. The Associated Press reports that Emirati F-16s "carried out a series of strikes" on Tuesday morning.

See more

The airstrikes come a week after ISIS released a video showing a captive Jordanian pilot, Muath al-Kaseasbeh, being burned alive. U.S. officials told AP that the UAE stopped airstrikes in December after al-Kaseasbeh was captured.

The UAE's official statement didn't specify whether the strikes were in Syria or Iraq. ISIS is holding about one-third of both Syria and Iraq in its self-proclaimed caliphate.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

Continue reading for free

We hope you're enjoying The Week's refreshingly open-minded journalism.

Subscribed to The Week? Register your account with the same email as your subscription.

Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.