The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS, outlawed in Russia) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria carried out 185 strikes last week, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a press release on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th November, 2018) The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS, outlawed in Russia) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria carried out 185 strikes last week, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a press release on Wednesday."Nov. 18-24, 2018, CJTF-OIR conducted 185 strikes consisting of 248 engagements in Syria and Iraq," the release said.
In Syria, the coalition conducted 173 strikes against IS targets near Hajin. The strikes engaged tactical units and destroyed firing positions, IED factories, staging areas, supply routes, tunnels and bunkers, among other targets, the release said.
The coalition conducted 12 strikes against IS in Iraq near six locations, including Wadi Tubal and Mosul. The strikes engaged tactical units and destroyed an underground facility, tunnels, supply routes, weapons caches and a cave, the release said.
US-led forces also conducted five strikes in Iraq on November 11, 16 and October 28, that were not previously reported, the release said.
The coalition also said it recorded 106 strikes in the middle Euphrates River Valley between November 18 and 24 that did not originate from either the coalition or its partner forces.
"CJTF-OIR calls for all uncoordinated fires to cease," it added.
The US-led coalition of more than 70 countries is conducting military operations against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. The coalition's operations in Iraq are conducted in cooperation with the Iraqi government, but those in Syria are not authorized by the government of President Bashar Assad or the United Nations Security Council.
