CENTCOM said the US and partner nations have conducted 11 airstrikes in Iraq and 11 in Syria against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. Secretary of State Kerry said that the US and the UK are thinking of launching a special initiative to address the threat of Boko Haram in Nigeria and neighboring countries. The Obama administration has released Yemeni Guantanamo detainees Khadr al Yafi, Abd al Rahman Abdullah Abu Shabati, Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif, Mohammed al Khatib, and Qader; four went to Oman and Qader to Estonia.