March 25, 2016
Release # 20160325-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST
ASIA — On March 24, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL
terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces
conducted two strikes using attack aircraft against ISIL targets.
Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 11 strikes
coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack
and fighter aircraft against ISIL targets.
The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:
Syria
* Near Al Hawl, one strike destroyed two ISIL fighting positions.
* Near Mar'a, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
Iraq
* Near Habbaniyah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL tunnel entrances.
* Near Haditha, one strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL staging areas.
* Near Hit, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL rocket rail.
* Near Mosul, one strike destroyed two ISIL assembly areas.
*
Near Qayyarah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
two ISIL mortar positions, an ISIL supply cache, an ISIL vehicle, an
ISIL fighting position, and denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near
Sultan Abdallah, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and
destroyed an ISIL mortar position and two ISIL assembly areas and denied
ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Tal Afar, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Waleed, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and 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, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United
States. Coalition nations which have conducted strikes in Syria include
Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Jordan, the Netherlands, Saudi
Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United
States.