U.S. leads 26 strikes against Islamic State militants

The United States and its allies staged 26 strikes against Islamic State on Thursday, including one in the Syrian city of Raqqa that hit one of the militant group's tactical units, the U.S. military said in a statement. The Combined Joint Task Force gave no other details about the strike in Raqqa, an Islamic State stronghold in northeast Syria. U.S. officials have said an air strike there had targeted and likely killed the British Islamic State leader known as "Jihadi John," who has appeared in