US-Led Coalition Against ISIL Launches 21 Airstrikes in Syria, Iraq - DoD

The Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve stated that the 62-nation US-led coalition continues to attack the ISIL and conducted 21 airstrikes in Syria and Iraq.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition against the ISIL has conducted 21 airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, the Combined Joint Task Force — Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement on Facebook on Friday.

"In Syria, coalition military forces conducted six airstrikes using attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft," the statement read. "Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 15 airstrikes coordinated with the government of Iraq using attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL [Islamic State] targets."

The airstrikes in Syria destroyed three ISIL tactical units, two excavators, two vehicles, and a staging area. They attacks were undertaken near Al Hasakah, Ar Raqqah and Mar’a.

In Iraq, airstrikes destroyed 11 ISIL tactical units, five vehicles, three buildings, ten rockets, two firing positions, a heavy machine gun and a command and control facility. The aerial attacks were carried out near Al Baghdadi, Bayji, Habbaniyah, Haditha, Hit, Kirkuk, Kisik, Mosul, Ramadi, Sinjar and Tuz.

The 62-nation US-led coalition has carried more than 6,400 airstrikes on the ISIL targets since August 2014. US officials have estimated that the military campaign against the ISIL has eliminated more than 10,000 of the terrorist group’s fighters.