The US and partner nations carried out 12 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and six against the group in Iraq. The US launched an airstrike in southern Somalia targeting a senior Shabaab leader. The State Department criticized a draft resolution on statehood that the Palestinians are planning to submit to the UN. Although the US’ combat mission in Afghan is formally over, Secretary of Defense Hagel has said that the US military will provide “limited combat enabler support” to Afghan forces starting in January.
