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U.S. Deploys HIMARS In Syria

Friday, September 9th, 2016

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OXFORD, England--The Defense Department on the week of Aug. 29 started using its High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to help beat back ISIL combatants in Syria, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sept. 7.Carter, in a speech at the University of Oxford, said the United States had previously used air strikes and surveillance to support Turkey and vetted Syrian opposion forces to clear the remaining stretch of the Syrian side of Turkey's border from ISIL. Carter vowed that the U.S. is…

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