Masrour Barzani

US bombing targets since 2011

These are the seven countries the US military has bombed in the last three years

Global Scan

US officials launched an air attack on ISIS rebels in Syria this week, making the war-torn Middle East country the seventh state — at least — to see US airstrike since 2011. Meanwhile, an African nation torn by Ebola is agreeing to halt logging in exchange for development aid. And in Iraq, the nation’s Kurdish minority is looking at what it has achieved — with high hopes for its future.