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Jan. 19, 2015

Jan. 17: Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria and Iraq

January 17, 2015Release # 2015017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESOUTHWEST ASIA - On Jan. 16, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct 13 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted 16 airstrikes in Iraq, using attack,

Jan. 19, 2015

Jan. 19: Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria and Iraq

January 19, 2015Release # 2015019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESOUTHWEST ASIA - On Jan. 18, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct 15 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted 11 airstrikes in Iraq, using attack,

Jan. 16, 2015

Jan. 16: Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria and Iraq

January 16, 2015Release # 2015016FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESOUTHWEST ASIA - On Jan. 15, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using bomber and fighter aircraft to conduct six airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted five airstrikes in Iraq, using attack and fighter aircraft against

Jan. 15, 2015

Jan. 15: Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria and Iraq

January 15, 2015Release # 2015015FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESOUTHWEST ASIA - On Jan. 14, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct 11 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted 11 airstrikes in Iraq, using attack,

Jan. 14, 2015

Jan. 14: Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria and Iraq

January 14, 2015Release # 2015014FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESOUTHWEST ASIA - On Jan. 13, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using bomber and fighter aircraft to conduct six airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted 12 airstrikes in Iraq, using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted

Jan. 14, 2015

Meetings on U.S. Train and Equip Program for Moderate Syrian Opposition

January 14, 2015RELEASE #20150102FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla. - As part of U.S. Central Command's efforts to implement the congressionally-approved train and equip program for the moderate Syrian opposition forces, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, Combined Joint Interagency Task Force - Syria Director, and U.S. Special Envoy for Syria

Jan. 13, 2015

Jan. 13: Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria and Iraq

January 13, 2015Release # 2015013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESOUTHWEST ASIA - On Jan. 12, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using bomber and fighter aircraft to conduct four airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted seven airstrikes in Iraq, using attack, fighter, bomber and

Jan. 13, 2015

Gen. Austin sends letter to servicemembers, families following cyber vandalism incident

13 January 2015Teammates,This week, hackers claiming to be aligned with the extremist group ISIL took control of CENTCOM’s Twitter and YouTube accounts for approximately 30 minutes. They posted tweets with information obtained from the accounts and they also posted threats against military members and their families.I recognize that this has caused

Jan. 12, 2015

Jan. 12: Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria and Iraq

On Jan. 11, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using attack, fighter, and bomber aircraft to conduct 11 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted 16 airstrikes in Iraq, using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists.

Jan. 12, 2015

Statement from U.S. Central Command Regarding Twitter/YouTube Compromise

January 12, 2015RELEASE #20140101FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla. - Earlier today, U.S. Central Command's Twitter and YouTube sites were compromised for approximately 30 minutes. These sites reside on commercial, non-Defense Department servers and both sites have been temporarily taken offline while we look into the incident further. CENTCOM's