December 12, 2015
Release # 20151212-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Dec. 11, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL
terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces
conducted five strikes using fighter and remotely piloted aircraft.
Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 12 strikes
coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket
artillery and fighter, bomber, 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 Manbij, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL building and an ISIL drone.
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Near Mar'a, four strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical units and
damaged four ISIL buildings and wounded two ISIL fighters.
Iraq
* Near Al Baghdadi, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and wounded an ISIL fighter.
* Near Makhmur, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
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Near Mosul, four strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed an ISIL light machine gun, three ISIL fighting positions, an
ISIL heavy machine gun, an ISIL mortar tube, and suppressed an ISIL
mortar position.
* Near Ramadi, three strikes struck two separate
ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL anti-air artillery piece, an
ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), an ISIL fighting
position, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL weapons cache, and two ISIL assembly
areas.
* Near Sinjar, three strikes struck two separate ISIL
tactical units and destroyed an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL light machine gun,
an ISIL fighting position, and an ISIL supply cache.
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.