U.S. informed Syria's U.N. mission of strikes on Islamic State: state TV

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States informed Syria's U.N. representative on Monday that Islamic State targets would be hit in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Syrian state television reported on Tuesday. The television broadcast the news in a headline bar and cited Syria's Foreign Ministry as the source. (Reporting by Beirut bureau; Writing by Robert Birsel; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)