December 04, 2015
Release # 20151204-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Dec. 3, coalition military forces continued to
attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military
forces conducted 20 strikes using attack, fighter, bomber, and remotely
piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces
conducted six strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government
of Iraq using bomber, fighter, and attack aircraft against ISIL targets.
The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:
Syria
• Near Dayr Az Zawr, six strikes struck an ISIL gas and oil separation plant.
• Near Abu Kamal, two strikes struck an ISIL oil field well head.
• Near Ayn Isa, four strikes struck four ISIL tactical units and
destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL vehicle, and wounded an
ISIL fighter.
• Near Mar’a, eight strikes struck seven separate
ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle, four ISIL
staging areas, an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL vehicle borne
explosive device (VBIED), an ISIL compound, and wounded four ISIL
fighters.
Iraq
• Near Kisik, one strike suppressed an ISIL heavy machine gun position.
• Near Ramadi, four strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
14 ISIL heavy machine guns, five ISIL RPGs, an ISIL recoilless rifle,
two ISIL anti-air artillery pieces, three ISIL fighting positions, two
ISIL sniper positions, three ISIL staging areas, three ISIL bed down
locations, two ISIL compounds, an ISIL VBIED, and denied ISIL access to
terrain.
• Near Mosul, one strike damaged an ISIL VBIED storage 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, 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.