February 05, 2016
Release # 20160205-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Feb. 4, coalition military forces
continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition
military forces conducted nine strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely
piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 21
strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using
ground-attack, attack, fighter, 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 Ar Raqqah, one strike struck an ISIL staging area.
* Near Al Hawl, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL
fighting positions.
* Near Ayn Isa, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL
vehicle.
* Near Manbij, four strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed an ISIL building and two ISIL fighting positions.
* Near Mar'a, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL
vehicle and an ISIL command and control node.
Iraq
* Near Fallujah, two strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an
ISIL mortar position.
* Near Habbaniyah, two strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
an ISIL rocket position, an ISIL fighting position, and an ISIL boat.
* Near Kisik, one strike destroyed an ISIL improvised explosives device (IED)
facility.
* Near Mosul, five strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed six ISIL fighting positions, six ISIL weapon caches, three ISIL
assembly areas, and an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Qayyarah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed three
ISIL rocket positions, an ISIL weapons cache, and two ISIL fighting positions.
* Near Ramadi, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed three ISIL staging areas, four ISIL weapon caches, an ISIL bed down
location, and an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Sinjar, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and
destroyed five ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL weapons cache, and two ISIL command
and control nodes.
* Near Tikrit, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
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.