June 20, 2016
Release # 20160620-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST
ASIA — On June 19, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL
terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces
conducted 12 strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted
aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, coalition military
forces conducted 11 strikes coordinated with and in support of the
Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and bomber, 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 Manbij, 10 strikes struck six separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed five ISIL fighting positions.
*
Near Mar'a, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL rocket propelled grenade
system.
Iraq
* Near Bayji, one strike struck an ISIL
tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL
vehicle, an ISIL mortar system, an ISIL tunnel entrance, an ISIL rocket
cache, and two ISIL rocket rails.
* Near Fallujah, two strikes
struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed 17 ISIL fighting
positions, an ISIL vehicle, five ISIL heavy machine guns, eight ISIL
light machine guns, and an ISIL rocket propelled grenade system and
denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Mosul, three strikes struck a
large ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL weapons and foreign fighter
support facility and destroyed an ISIL tunnel, two ISIL assembly areas,
and an ISIL command and control node and suppressed an ISIL rocket
firing position.
* Near Ramadi, three strikes struck two separate
ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL
vehicle, an ISIL boat, an ISIL bed down location, an ISIL weapons cache,
and an ISIL staging area.
* Near Rawah, two strikes struck an
ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) factory and an
ISIL improvised weapons factory.
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.
Ground-based
artillery fired in counter-fire or in fire support to maneuver roles
are not classified as a strike as defined by CJTF-OIR.
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.