SYRIA-US-CONFLICT-RAQA

SYRIA-US-CONFLICT-RAQA

Fighters from the Islamic State (IS) group load a van with parts that they said was a US drone that crashed into a communications tower in the Syrian city of Raqqa early on September 23, 2014. A US-led coalition on carried out its first air strikes and missile attacks against jihadist positions in Syria, with Damascus saying it had been informed by Washington before the operation began. AFP PHOTO/RMC/STR