The US and coalition partners have conducted more than two dozens
of airstrikes against targets of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq in
the past two days, the Pentagon said Saturday.
US and coalition forces launched 13 airstrikes in Syria with
fighter jets, bombers and unmanned aircraft, the Pentagon said.
Near the Kurdish city of Ayn al-Arab, 12 airstrikes hit eight IS
tactical units and a large IS unit, destroying an IS vehicle, a building, and
eight IS fighting positions. An IS mobile oil drilling rig was destroyed by
another airstrike near Al Hasakah.
At the same time, US and coalition forces conducted 13 airstrikes
in Iraq. Seven strikes destroyed an IS weapons production facility near Al
Qaim, an IS culvert and an IS vehicle near Mosul, and an IS vehicle near
Ramadi.
Near Tal Afar, five airstrikes destroyed an IS building, six
vehicles, a bunker, two shipping containers, and two checkpoints. Another
airstrike destroyed an IS shipping container, two vehicles, and three earth
moving vehicles near Erbil, according to the Pentagon.
The airstrikes were conducted as part of the Operation Inherent
Resolve, which is aimed at eliminating the IS terror group.
Coalition nations launching
airstrikes in Iraq include the US, Australia, Britain, Belgium, Canada,
Denmark, France and the Netherlands, while the nations conducting airstrikes in
Syria include the US, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates.
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