• The U.S.-led military coalition in Syria bombed a road and bridge to block the transfer of hundreds of Islamic State fighters, foiling a deal the terrorist group had made with the Lebanese Army, Hezbollah and Syrian loyalist forces. A U.S. military spokesman said airstrikes on the convoy remained a possibility.

The U.N. Security Council renewed the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon amid U.S. and Israeli concerns that the force was ignoring a Hezbollah arms buildup. In a compromise with France, which objected to changes to the mandate, peacekeepers were given stronger inspection powers.

Separately, the Pentagon acknowledged publicly for the first time that the total number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan was higher than previously disclosed. It said that the U.S. had about 11,000 troops in the country.