From Jordan base, UAE resumes airstrikes on Islamic State

United Arab Emirates (AP) — United Arab Emirates fighter planes roared out of an air base in Jordan on Tuesday to pound Islamic State militant positions, marking a return to combat operations by one of the United States' closest Arab allies in the fight against the extremists.

The Emirates' decision to launch fresh airstrikes from the kingdom after a more-than-month long hiatus was a strong show of support for Western-allied Jordan, which has vowed a punishing response to the militants' killing of one of its pilots.