February 15, 2016
Release # 20160215-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Feb. 14, coalition military forces
continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition
military forces conducted four strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely
piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, coalition military
forces conducted 14 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government
of Iraq using attack, ground-attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft
against ISIL targets.
The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last
press release:
Syria
* Near Ar Raqqah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an
ISIL vehicle and an ISIL crane.
* Near Ayn Isa, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL
buildings and an ISIL fighting position.
Iraq
* Near Al Huwayjah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Fallujah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed an ISIL bunker.
* Near Habbaniyah, one strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
an ISIL staging area.
* Near Kisik, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL
fighting position and an ISIL heavy machine gun and suppressed an ISIL mortar
position.
* Near Mosul, four strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL
fighting position, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL supply cache, four ISIL assembly
areas, and an ISIL checkpoint.
* Near Ramadi, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Samarra, one strike destroyed three ISIL tactical vehicles and an ISIL
crane.
* Near Sinjar, two strikes destroyed an ISIL fighting position and suppressed
an ISIL mortar position.
Strike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base
safely.
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 having a single aircraft
deliver a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is
multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of buildings and
vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative
effect of making that facility (or facilities) harder or impossible to use.
Accordingly, CJTF-OIR does not report the number or type of aircraft employed
in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of
individual munition impact points against a target.
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 which have
conducted strikes in Iraq include Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,
Jordan, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Coalition
nations which have conducted strikes in Syria include Australia, Bahrain,
Canada, France, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United
Kingdom, and the United States.