Washington has described Tuesday’s airstrikes against ISIL militants in Syria as “very successful”, adding that they’re only the beginning.<br /><br />Activists said dozens of fighters from several groups were killed.<br /><br />The White House says some of the strikes by US and Arab allies targeted a group linked to al Qaeda which had been plotting an imminent attack in the US or in Europe.<br /><br />The Syrian government, which is also fighting ISIL, did not intervene.<br /><br />Fifty targets were attacked in several parts of northern Syria.<br /><br />In Raqqa one witness said the rockets had been precise and hundreds of militants had since vanished from the streets.<br /><br />US President Obama has praised the Arab countries involved in the operation – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates – and says he is planning more talks to enlarge the alliance.<br /><br />America, he says, is not fighting this campaign alone.<br /><br />“We now have an opportunity to send a very clear message that the world is united, that all of us are com
