February 04, 2016
Release # 20160204-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Feb. 3, coalition military forces
continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition
military forces conducted two strikes using remotely piloted aircraft.
Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 20 strikes coordinated with
and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack, fighter, ground-attack,
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 Ayn Isa, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL
vehicle.
* Near Mar'a, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL
vehicle.
Iraq
* Near Habbaniyah, two strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
three ISIL vehicles, four ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive devices
(VBIED), and denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Kisik, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL
vehicle.
* Near Mosul, five strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed 16 ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL vehicles, an ISIL assembly area,
ISIL engineering equipment, and an ISIL checkpoint.
* Near Qayyarah, six strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed six ISIL assembly areas, two ISIL command and control nodes, six ISIL
vehicles, seven ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL mortar tube, an ISIL anti-air
artillery piece, an ISIL weapons cache, and an ISIL heavy machine gun.
* Near Ramadi, four strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
ISIL engineering equipment, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL tactical vehicle, eight
ISIL heavy machine guns, two ISIL rocket propelled grenade systems, an ISIL
mortar system, an ISIL recoilless rifle, an ISIL staging area, and 11 ISIL
fighting positions.
* Near Sinjar, one strike destroyed an ISIL front end loader.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, one strike suppressed an ISIL fighting position.
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.