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The Hunt: Airstrike launched against Russia, Syria and Hezbollah-sanctioned ISIS convoy

WASHINGTON — The U.S.-led coalition launched an airstrike Aug. 30  to prevent a convoy of Islamic State fighters that Hezbollah, Russia and Syria allowed to leave the Lebanon-Syria border headed for the Iraq border.

In this week’s edition of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, Col. Ryan Dillon, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve explains what happened.

WTOP photo tour: Historic nuclear power plant at Fort Belvoir to be dismantled

The red button was always there — just in case. Most people never knew the United States' first nuclear power reactor to provide sustained electricity to a commercial power grid was — and is — on the grounds of Fort Belvoir, the U.S. Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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