Medhaj News: The United States and several Arab nations carried out airstrikes against ISIS in Syria early on Tuesday, intensifying the campaign against the Islamic militant group.

"I can confirm that US military and partner nation forces are undertaking military action against ISIL terrorists in Syria using a mix of fighter, bomber and Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement issued on Monday night.

He added that the head of US Central Command, General Lloyd Austin, decided to launch airstrikes inside Syria on Monday "under authorization granted him by the commander in chief.” "We will provide more details later as operationally appropriate," Kirby stated.

The news of airstrikes was actually broken by a Syrian twitter user in the city of Raqqa, where ISIS has its headquarters. The man heard the strikes and speculated it to be the beginning of American air campaign.

The ISIL terrorists, who were initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government, control large parts of Syria's northern territory. ISIL sent its fighters into Iraq in June, quickly seizing vast expanse of land straddling the border between the two countries.

US President Barack Obama has authorized airstrikes against ISIL targets in Iraq and Syria, but has ruled out US boots on the ground in a combat role. The United States has already conducted some 174 airstrikes against ISIL targets in Iraq since mid-August.

Last week, Congress approved Obama’s plan to train and arm the so-called moderate militants in Syria to tackle the threat of the ISIL terrorist organization.

The Pentagon plans to train and arm 5,000 militants in Syria as part of the Obama administration’s long-term strategy to confront ISIL.

The Syrian ambassador in Delhi has confirmed that the US-GCC strikes have been conducted with the tacit consent of their government. Also he says that we need not be that worried, but somehow I certainly am, he added.