The US military conducted airstrikes in Syria's Idlib province near the Turkish border against the so-called Khorasan group, an al Qaeda cell within the Al Nusrah Front that "was plotting to attack in Europe or the homeland." The five targets of the strikes included an Al Nusrah headquarters and an Ahrar al Sham compound. President Obama reportedly has written to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, noting shared interests in the fight against the Islamic State, and touching on the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
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