2014 American rescue mission in Syria
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title:
2014 American rescue mission in Syria
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The 2014 rescue mission in Syria was an American led effort to locate and rescue hostages being held by Islamic State (IS) forces. Plans to rescue the hostages were accelerated after the execution of journalist James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and Kayla Mueller by IS militants. A total of 14 hostages were held hostage by the IS at an undisclosed location. Though no soldiers were killed, the mission failed to locate and rescue the hostages.
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2014 military operation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_American_rescue_mission_in_Syria
date created:
2014-08-30T18:30:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T23:27:37Z
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