On Aug. 20th, Coalition military forces conducted 23 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted 15 strikes using bomber, ground-attack, attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted eight 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 Abu Kamal, one strike struck three ISIL wellheads and a crude oil collection point.

* Near Dayr Az Zawr, three strikes struck three ISIL wellheads and three crude oil collection points and destroyed a pump jack.

* Near Manbij, nine strikes struck eight separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions, a vehicle, an artillery system, a supply cache, and a rocket launcher.

* Near Mar’a, one strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position and five improvised explosive devices and damaged two fighting positions.

* Near Tamakh, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle and a tactical vehicle.

Iraq

* Near Bashir, one strike suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Hit, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a fighting position.

* Near Mosul, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed a fighting position and a vehicle.

* Near Qayyarah, one strike [1 British] destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, two rocket rails, two rocket systems, and two vehicle-borne improvised explosive device storage facilities and denied access to terrain.

* Near Ramadi, one strike destroyed two ISIL vehicles.

* Near Tal Afar, two strikes destroyed an ISIL vehicle checkpoint and a vehicle and suppressed two mortar positions.