January 22, 2016
Release # 20160122-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Jan. 21, coalition military forces
continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition
military forces conducted two strikes using fighter and attack aircraft.
Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 17 strikes coordinated
with and in support of the Government of Iraq using 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 gas and oil separation plant.
* Near Manbij, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
Iraq
* Near Albu Hayat, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an
ISIL fighting position.
* Near Fallujah, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle and damaged an ISIL-used
building.
* Near Kisik, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Mosul, six strikes struck an ISIL-used bridge and two separate ISIL
tactical units and destroyed three ISIL fighting positions and suppressed an
ISIL mortar position.
* Near Ramadi, six strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED),
two ISIL staging areas, three ISIL front end loaders, an ISIL weapons cache,
and denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed two ISIL fighting positions.
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.