January 19, 2016
Release # 20160119-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Jan. 18,
coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and
Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted three strikes using attack
and fighter aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted
21 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using
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 Ayn Isa, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
* Near Al Hasakah, one strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
Iraq
* Near Al Huwayjah, one strike struck an ISIL headquarters.
* Near Kisik, two strikes produced inconclusive results.
* Near Mosul, five strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL
headquarters and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun, four ISIL fighting
positions, and an ISIL cash collection point.
* Near Qayyarah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed three
ISIL fighting positions.
* Near Ramadi, nine strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL
fighting positions, an ISIL sniper position, an ISIL tactical vehicle, an ISIL
bunker, and an ISIL tunnel entrance and damaged an ISIL petroleum oil and
lubricant tank.
* Near Sinjar, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two
ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL heavy machine gun, and an ISIL assembly area.
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.