CJTF–OIR for January 14, 2016 – January 15, 2016
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Annotated
On Jan. 14, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted five strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 19 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack, fighter, bomber, 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 Mar’a, three strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and wounded an ISIL fighter.
* Near Manbij, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Ar Raqqah, one strike struck an ISIL gas and oil separation plant.
Iraq
* Near Al Baghdadi, one strike destroyed three ISIL tunnel entrances.
* Near Albu Hayat, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
* Near Balad, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL heavy machine gun.
* Near Habbaniyah, one strike denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Kisik, one strike destroyed seven ISIL fighting positions.
* Near Mosul, seven strikes [5 British] struck three separate ISIL tactical units, an ISIL headquarters, and an ISIL improvised explosive device (IED) factory and destroyed eight ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL heavy machine guns, two ISIL vehicles, nine ISIL assembly areas, two weapons caches, an ISIL bunker, an ISIL command and control node, and suppressed an ISIL rocket position.
* Near Ramadi, five strikes [1-2 British] struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), three ISIL vehicles, an ISIL heavy machine gun, four ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL mortar system, an ISIL staging area, cratered an ISIL-used road, and denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
* Near Tikrit, one strike [1 Canadian] struck an ISIL tactical unit.
On Jan. 14, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted five strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 19 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack, fighter, bomber, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.
The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:
Syria
Iraq