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Source: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2021/08/12/us-coalition-airstrikes-in-centcom-region-plummet-amid-withdrawal-plans/

U.S. Airstrikes in Middle East Plummet

(Air Force Times) Rachel Cohen - The pace of U.S.-led airstrikes on the Taliban, Islamic State and other militias in the Middle East has slowed considerably in 2021. Reconnaissance flights are tapering off as well. Lt.-Gen. Gregory Guillot said: "We'll go through several days... in both Afghanistan and in Iraq and Syria, with 50 strikes in a row, and [then] it'll quiet down."

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