March 11, 2016
Release # 20160311-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On March 10, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL
terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces
conducted one strike using attack aircraft against ISIL targets.
Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 13 strikes
coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack
and fighter aircraft against ISIL targets.
The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:
Syria
* Near Mar'a, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
Iraq
* Near Kisik, one strike destroyed six ISIL fighting positions and six ISIL staging areas.
*
Near Makhmur, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an
ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) and an ISIL
vehicle.
* Near Mosul, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL assembly area.
*
Near Ramadi, four strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun, two ISIL supply caches, an ISIL
anti-air artillery piece, two ISIL staging areas, and two ISIL fighting
positions.
* Near Sinjar, three strikes destroyed an ISIL supply
cache and two ISIL mortar firing positions and damaged four ISIL
fighting positions.
* Near Tal Afar, one strike destroyed an ISIL rocket system.
* Near Hit, two strikes struck an ISIL facility and an ISIL bed down location.
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, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United
States. Coalition nations which have conducted strikes in Syria include
Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Jordan, the Netherlands, Saudi
Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United
States.