Middle East

Jun. 15, 2014 | 04:31 PM

Syria pounds ISIS bases in coordination with Iraq

In this still image from video taken by militants, Friday, June 13, 2014, militants from the Al-Qaeda-inspired group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) are seen at a border crossing between Iraq and Syria after Iraqi security forces fled. (AP Photo/militant video)

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Summary

Syria's army has been pounding major bases of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria in coordination with the Baghdad government for the last 24 hours, an activist group says Sunday.

In Raqa, the air force bombed the area surrounding ISIS's main headquarters in Syria, as well as the group's religious courts, said the Observatory, adding there were no reported casualties.

In 2013, it took part in operations against government forces.

A war pitting Syrian rebels against ISIS has killed more than 6,000 people, mostly fighters, since it broke out in January.