U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to
attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq,
Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
Officials reported details of the latest strikes,
noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.
Strikes
in Syria
Attack, ground-attack, fighter, bomber and remotely
piloted aircraft conducted 22 strikes in Syria:
-- Near Abu Kamal, one strike struck an ISIL crude
oil collection point.
-- Near Hasakah, four strikes struck three separate
ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL building, an ISIL car bomb, and four
ISIL vehicles.
-- Near Hawl, two strikes struck two separate ISIL
tactical units.
-- Near Raqqah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical
unit and destroyed an ISIL checkpoint.
-- Near Dayr Ar Zawr, one strike struck an ISIL
tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL vehicles.
-- Near Mar'a, 13 strikes struck 12 separate ISIL
tactical units and an ISIL headquarters, destroying four ISIL fighting
positions, three ISIL buildings, an ISIL heavy machine gun, an ISIL staging
area, damaged an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL building, and wounded an
ISIL fighter.
Strikes
in Iraq
Bomber, attack, fighter, and remotely piloted
aircraft conducted 20 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of
Iraq’s government:
-- Near Abu Hayat, one strike struck a large ISIL
tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL buildings.
-- Near Beiji, one strike destroyed an ISIL tactical
vehicle.
-- Near Kisik, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical
unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL vehicle, and suppressed
an ISIL mortar position.
-- Near Mosul, four strikes struck three separate
ISIL tactical units and destroyed five ISIL fighting positions, three ISIL
heavy machine guns, an ISIL bunker, and an ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Qayyarah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical
unit and destroyed an ISIL weapons cache and three ISIL fighting positions.
-- Near Ramadi, six strikes struck three separate
ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL command and control facility, 15 ISIL
fighting positions, two ISIL buildings, five ISIL heavy machine guns, an ISIL
recoilless rifle, an ISIL mortar system, an ISIL bomb facility, an ISIL
resupply warehouse, and denied ISIL access to terrain.
-- Near Sinjar, two strikes struck two separate ISIL
tactical units and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun, an ISIL fighting
position, and an ISIL checkpoint.
-- Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck a large
ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas.
Definition
of a ‘Strike’
A strike, as defined in the CJTF releases, means one
or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to
produce a single, sometimes cumulative, effect for that location.
So, the officials said, having a single aircraft
deliver a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike. Multiple
aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of buildings, vehicles
and weapon systems in a compound, with the cumulative effect of making that
facility, or facilities, harder or impossible to use is also considered a
single strike, task force officials said.
Accordingly, CJTF-OIR does not report the number or
type of aircraft employed in each strike, the number of munitions dropped in
each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a
target.
Part
of Operation Inherent Resolve
The strikes were conducted as part of Operation
Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the
threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The
destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the group's
ability to project terror and conduct operations.
Coalition nations conducting strikes in Iraq include
the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the
Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations conducting strikes in
Syria include the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Jordan,
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.