WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A senior White House official confirmed Tuesday that the Syrian government was notified in advance of overnight airstrikes targeting Islamic State elements in Syria.
Aboard Air Force One en route from Washington to New York, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest acknowledged that the U.S. notified the Syrian government but that "We did not provide them advance notice of the timing or of targets that the U.S. was going to strike."