Coalition targets IS fighters from stranded convoy

The US-led coalition has killed dozens of jihadists linked to a convoy of Islamic State buses stranded in the middle of the Syrian desert, a US military official said Thursday.US officials say about 300 IS jihadists were initially aboard, along with a similar number of civilians, likely family members.Colonel Ryan Dillon, a US military spokesman, said the coalition has not targeted the convoy itself and was permitting food and supplies to reach the stranded vehicles, but he noted about 85 IS fig