American fighter jets have struck at ISIL targets in Syria near the Kurdish town of Kobani.<br /><br />US Central Command released a short video showing one of the strikes from an F-15E fighter jet. CentCom said the attack was on an ISIL compound near the Turkey border.<br /><br />The militant group the al-Nusra Front has denounced the US-led coalition’s strikes on Syria, calling them a “war against Islam” and vowing to retaliate against Western and Arab countries involved. <br /><br />The air strikes that include some Gulf and European nations killed dozens of Nusra fighters on the first day of the military campaign last week.<br /><br />There are reports that the attacks have prompted the extremists to change tactics, avoiding conspicuous convoys and planting their black self-proclaimed Islamic State flags on civilian homes. <br /><br />The US says the coalition campaign is aimed at “degrading and destroying” militants who have captured large parts of Iraq and Syria.
