July 18, 2015
Release # 20150718
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA -
On July 17, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL
terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces
conducted eight airstrikes using bomber, fighter and remotely piloted
aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 23
airstrikes approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense using attack,
fighter-attack and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.
"The
coalition airstrikes targeted Daesh vehicles, weapons and units around
Fallujah, Ramadi and Tal Afar," said Col. Wayne Marotto, CJTF-OIR chief
of public affairs. "When coalition assets detect and positively identify
Daesh targets, we strike them relentlessly and our strikes exact a
heavy toll on this brutal enemy."
The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:
Syria
--
Near Al Hasakah, five airstrikes struck two ISIL large tactical units
and two ISIL small tactical units and destroyed two ISIL fighting
positions and an ISIL armored vehicle.
-- Near Ar Raqqah, one airstrike destroyed three ISIL T-walls.
-- Near Kobani, two airstrikes struck two ISIL large tactical units and destroyed three ISIL fighting positions.
Iraq
-- Near Fallujah, two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun and an ISIL anti-aircraft artillery weapon.
-- Near Habbaniya, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Makhmur, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
-- Near Mosul, two airstrikes destroyed two ISIL vehicles.
--
Near Ramadi, five airstrikes struck an ISIL large tactical unit, an
ISIL small tactical unit and three ISIL IEDs and destroyed two ISIL
IEDs, five ISIL vehicles and seven ISIL fighting positions.
--
Near Sinjar, two airstrikes struck one ISIL tactical units, an ISIL
light machine gun position and an ISIL sniper position and destroyed an
ISIL heavy machine gun position and an ISIL building.
-- Near Tal
Afar, ten airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units, three staging
areas, two weapons caches, a command and control center, an ISIL heavy
machine gun position and suppressed ISIL mortar fire as well as
destroying an ISIL building and two ISIL vehicles.
Airstrike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base safely.
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 airstrikes in Iraq include Australia, Canada,
Denmark, France, Jordan, Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States.
Coalition nations which have conducted airstrikes in Syria include
Bahrain, Canada, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the U.S.