On April 2, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted four strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 22 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and 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, two strikes destroyed an ISIL rocket rail system and two ISIL fighting positions.

* Near Mar’a, two strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).

Iraq

* Near Fallujah, one strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Haditha, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun.

* Near Hit, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL used-bridge, an ISIL VBIED factory, 22 ISIL boats, and an ISIL bed down location and denied ISIL access to terrain.

* Near Kirkuk, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL mortar system, an ISIL VBIED, and an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Mosul, six strikes struck six separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL machine gun, and two ISIL vehicles.

* Near Qayyarah, six strikes [2 British] struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL weapons storage facility and destroyed four ISIL mortar firing positions, an ISIL supply cache, an ISIL VBIED production facility, and 13 ISIL staging areas.

* Near Rawah, one strike destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed four ISIL assembly areas and an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Tal Afar, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL mortar system.

Saturday 2 April – Tornados conducted a major attack on a large weapons storage and manufacturing facility in northern Iraq, while a Reaper eliminated a mobile mortar team…Coalition surveillance operations had identified Daesh extremists using a former Iraqi military ammunition depot near Qayyarah in northern Iraq. This intelligence indicated that the terrorists were manufacturing improvised explosive devices and other weaponry on the site. As part of a large coalition air strike on terrorist facilities in the area, four RAF Tornado GR4s were tasked with attacking 16 of these storage bunkers on Saturday 2 April. Each aircraft dropped a salvo of four Paveways, and initial indications are that the strike was highly accurate and effective. An RAF Reaper was also active in the Qayyarah area, hunting a Daesh mortar team. The aircraft’s crew were able successfully to locate the team, operating a truck-mounted mortar, concealed under trees on the western bank of the Tigris, and secured a direct hit with a Hellfire missile.

On April 1, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted six strikes using attack and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 20 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and 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 Al Hawl, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Ar Raqqah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Mar’a, four strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed 10 ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL bunkers, an ISIL mortar position, and an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).

Iraq

* Near Al Qaim, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Habbaniyah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL weapons cache.

* Near Haditha, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Hit, two strikes [1 British] struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL VBIED, two ISIL fuel tankers, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL-used bridge, an ISIL barge, eight ISIL boats, and denied ISIL access to terrain.

* Near Kirkuk, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL command and control node, four ISIL assembly areas, and an ISIL supply cache.

* Near Qayyarah, seven strikes [1 French] struck three separate ISIL tactical units and an ISIL weapons cache and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL command and control node, two ISIL vehicles, and an ISIL-used unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

* Near Ramadi, one strike destroyed an ISIL anti-air artillery piece.

* Near Sinjar, two strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and suppressed an ISIL mortar firing position.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed six ISIL rocket rails and an ISIL supply cache.

Friday 1 April – Typhoons bombed a Daesh vehicles and a bunker in western Iraq, while Tornados destroyed three terrorist positions in the north of the country…Typhoons were also active over western Iraq on Friday 1 April. A Daesh truck armed with an anti-aircraft gun was successfully bombed north-east of Ramadi and Paveways were used to destroy a fuel tanker converted into a truck bomb near Hit and a bunker west of Fallujah where terrorists had been spotted. In northern Iraq, a Tornado patrol employed Paveway IVs to destroy three Daesh buildings in the Mosul and Sinjar areas.

Le 1er avril 2016 au matin, 4 Mirage 2000D ont participé à un raid conjoint d’une dizaine d’aéronefs dans la vallée du Tigre au nord de Baïji. Au cours de cette mission, un dépôt d’armement de l’organisation terroriste a été détruit à proximité du secteur de Sharqat sur l’axe menant de Baiji à Mossoul.

On March 31, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted five strikes using attack and ground-attack aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 12 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and 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 Ayn Isa, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).

* Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike destroyed two ISIL bulldozers.

* Near Mar’a, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions

Iraq

* Near Habbaniyah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Hit, three strikes [1 British] struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL VBIED, two ISIL VBIED factories, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL anti-air artillery staging area, and nine ISIL tunnel entrances and denied ISIL access to terrain.

* Near Kirkuk, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas.

* Near Mosul, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas and five ISIL vehicles.

* Near Qayyarah, two strikes destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle and an ISIL mortar firing position and suppressed two separate ISIL mortar firing positions.

* Near Ramadi, one strike destroyed two ISIL VBIEDs.

* Near Sinjar, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL assembly area.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, one strike destroyed three ISIL tunnel systems and three ISIL assembly areas.

Thursday 31 March – Tornados struck a terrorist observation post in western Iraq with a Brimstone missile…On Thursday 31 March, RAF Tornado GR4s – supported by a Voyager air refuelling tanker like the Typhoons – provided close air support to Iraqi security forces as they advanced near the city of Hit. A terrorist observation post was identified and the Tornado flight scored a direct hit with a Brimstone missile.

Point de situation des opérations du 31 mars 2016

LEVANT : CHAMMAL

Cette semaine, les opérations aériennes de la force Chammal se sont concentrées sur l’appui des forces locales engagées dans des opérations de reconquête dans les vallées du Tigre et de l’Euphrate.

En Irak : sous la pression de la coalition, Daech reste dans une logique défensive.

Au Nord, les forces irakiennes poursuivent leur progression le long du Tigre, en particulier dans les régions de Kirkuk et Salah ad Din. Elles concentrent leurs efforts sur la ville de Qayyarah. Daech défend âprement cette région qui constitue pour le groupe terroriste un véritable « verrou » commandant les accès de Mossoul.

Au Sud, les forces Irakiennes poursuivent leurs opérations dans la vallée de l’Anbar en faisant effort sur la ville de Hit.

En Syrie :pour les forces de Daech, la semaine a été marquée par la perte très symbolique de la ville de Palmyre. Ce revers est d’autant plus fort qu’il a y quelques mois, la conquête de cette ville par l’organisation terroriste avait contribué à alimenter sa propagande.

Efforts de la coalition en Irak

A l’ouest, dans la région de l’Anbar, la Coalition appuie la progression des forces irakiennes en concentrant ses frappes aériennes dans les secteurs de la ville de Hit et de Falloujah.

Sur le front Nord, la coalition axe son effort sur la région de Mossoul.

Depuis le 23 mars 2016, la force Chammal a réalisé 36 sorties au-dessus de l’Irak et de la Syrie, dont 32 de bombardement et 4 de recueil de renseignement. Au total 11 frappes ont permis de détruire 12 objectifs de Daesh.

On March 30, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted two strikes using attack and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 25 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and 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 Al Hawl, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Mar’a, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL defensive fighting positions.

Iraq

* Near Habbaniyah, one strike damaged an ISIL defensive fighting position.

* Near Haditha, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Hit, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL safe house and destroyed two ISIL supply caches, 15 ISIL rockets, three ISIL bunkers, and an ISIL tunnel.

* Near Kirkuk, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed five ISIL assembly areas and an ISIL bed down location.

* Near Mosul, eight strikes [1 British] struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL bed down location, two ISIL safe houses, an ISIL fighting position, and suppressed two ISIL mortar firing positions.

* Near Qayyarah, four strikes struck an ISIL improvised explosive device (IED) factory and an ISIL communications facility and destroyed an ISIL mortar position and denied ISIL access to terrain.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, four strikes destroyed four ISIL assembly areas, five ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL tunnel system, and an ISIL improvised ferry system.

* Near Tal Afar, one strike struck an ISIL communications facility.

Wednesday 30 March – Typhoons destroyed Daesh-held buildings and a rocket stockpile in northern and western Iraq…On Wednesday 30 March, Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s, flying from Akrotiri, used Paveway IV guided bombs to strike a Daesh-held building and a stockpile of concealed rockets near Fallujah. In northern Iraq, near Mosul, a second Typhoon flight destroyed two more buildings used as bases by the terrorists.

Chammal – 11 frappes contre Daech en Irak cette semaine, 12 objectifs détruits

Du 23 au 29 mars 2016, la force Chammal a poursuivi ses opérations aériennes contre Daech en réalisant 36 sorties au-dessus de l’Irak et de la Syrie, dont 32 de bombardement et 4 de recueil de renseignement. Au total 11 frappes ont détruit 12 objectifs de Daech, la force Chammal ayant cette semaine concentré son effort dans des missions d’appui au profit des forces irakiennes engagées au sol, en particulier dans le Nord du pays.

11 frappes d’appui au sol ont été réalisées en Irak au cours de la semaine

La force Chammal a réalisé des missions d’appui au sol concentrées dans les environs de Mossoul et le long de l’Euphrate en appui de la progression des forces de sécurité intérieures.

On March 29, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted four strikes using ground-attack, attack, and fighter aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 20 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using 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 Mar’a, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed seven ISIL bunkers.

* Near Manbij, one strike destroyed an ISIL mortar position.

Iraq

* Near Al Baghdadi, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL boat.

* Near Habbaniyah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Hit, three strikes [1 British] struck a large ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL safe house and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas and an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).

* Near Mosul, five strikes [1 British] struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed six ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL weapons cache, and an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Qayyarah, two strikes [2 British] struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL tunnels and an ISIL assembly area.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL fighting position and suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Kirkuk, one strike destroyed two ISIL assembly areas.

* Near Kisik, one strike destroyed an ISIL assembly area.

* Near Makhmur, one strike destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle.

* Near Sinjar, two strikes destroyed an ISIL assembly area and an ISIL fighting position.

Tuesday 29 March – Tornados and Typhoons hit multiple targets in western and northern Iraq, including five truck-bomb facilities and a tunnel complex…Operations over both northern and western Iraq continued on Tuesday 29 March. One Typhoon flight struck a reported Daesh storage building north-east of Mosul, while a second flight assisted Kurdish forces by bombing a mortar position near Quyyarah, then conducted attacks on terrorist installations nearby; one Typhoon was able to strike simultaneously four tunnel entrances, each with a Paveway, the second aircraft striking three truck-bomb facilities, again each with a Paveway. In Anbar province, two further truck-bomb workshops near Hit were successfully attacked by Tornados the same day.

On March 28, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted four strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack aircraft against ISIL targets. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Iraq

* Near Hit, two strikes struck an ISIL bed down location and an ISIL safe house.

* Near Sinjar, one strike destroyed two ISIL assembly areas and suppressed an ISIL machine gun position.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, one strike destroyed three ISIL assembly areas.

Monday 28 March – Typhoons struck three terrorist-held buildings in northern Iraq…The Typhoons were again in action south of Sinjar on Monday 28 March, when they bombed two terrorist-held buildings, before flying to the area around Tall Afar where they struck a third Daesh position.

Het F-16-detachement vloog afgelopen week dagelijks missies boven Irak en Oost-Syrië ter ondersteuning van Operation Inherent Resolve. Een overzicht van Defensieoperaties in de week van 22 tot 28 maart 2016.

Midden-Oosten

Tijdens de Close Air Support-missies ondersteunden de F-16’s Iraakse en Peshmerga-grondtroepen. De Nederlandse F-16’s schakelden daarbij onder meer mortier- en artillerieopstellingen, gevechtslocaties en ISIS-strijders uit. Daardoor konden de grondtroepen verder met hun opmars tegen de terreurorganisatie. Tijdens enkele Air Interdiction-missies zetten de F-16’s met andere coalitiepartners hun precisiewapens in tegen onder meer hoofdkwartieren, munitieopslaglocaties en verzamelplaatsen van ISIS. Gevolg was dat de slagkracht van de vijand afnam. Tijdens het Paasweekeinde gingen de operaties zowel overdag als ’s nachts onverminderd door.

On March 27, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted four strikes using attack and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 10 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 Mar’a, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed five ISIL fighting positions.

* Near Manbij, one strike destroyed two ISIL bed down locations and two ISIL fighting positions.

Iraq

* Near Mosul, four strikes struck an ISIL security headquarters and an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL assembly area and suppressed an ISIL mortar position and an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Qayyarah, three strikes [1 British] struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed four ISIL mortar positions, an ISIL machine gun, and an ISIL supply cache and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.

* Near Sinjar, one strike [1 British] struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun position.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed five ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL assembly area.

Sunday 27 March – Typhoons provided close air support to Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, eliminating sniper and heavy machine-gun teams…RAF aircraft continued to provide close air support to the Kurdish forces on Sunday 27 March. Paveways from a Typhoon flight silenced both a sniper and a heavy machine-gun team who were engaged in combat with Kurdish troops near Qayyarah, and a further Paveway accounted for a second heavy machine-gun team that opened fire on the peshmerga south of Sinjar.

On March 26, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted two strikes using attack and ground-attack aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 19 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 Manbij, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Mar’a, one strike destroyed six ISIL fighting positions.

Iraq

* Near Al Baghdadi, three strikes struck an ISIL staging facility.

* Near Hit, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Kisik, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.

* Near Mosul, four strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun position, an ISIL anti-air artillery piece and two ISIL fighting positions and suppressed an ISIL mortar position and two ISIL tactical units.

* Near Qayyarah, three strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL security headquarters and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.

* Near Sinjar, two strikes suppressed an ISIL rocket firing position and an ISIL mortar position.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, four strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL assembly areas and suppressed two ISIL mortar positions, an ISIL surface to air firing position, and an ISIL tactical unit.

On March 25, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted four strikes using attack aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 22 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and ground-attack, 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 Ayn Isa, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.

* Near Mar’a, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL artillery piece and three ISIL fighting positions.

Iraq

* Near Fallujah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units.

* Near Hit, five strikes struck an ISIL improvised weapons factory, an ISIL communications facility, an ISIL weapons storage facility and two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL vehicles and an ISIL fighting position.

* Near Kisik, two strikes destroyed an ISIL artillery piece and suppressed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL mortar position.

* Near Mosul, four strikes [1 British] struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL supply caches and three ISIL assembly areas and suppressed two ISIL mortar positions.

* Near Qayyarah, six strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL mortar positions, an ISIL artillery piece, an ISIL supply cache, an ISIL vehicle, and five ISIL assembly areas and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.

* Near Sinjar, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun position and an ISIL assembly area.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and denied ISIL access to terrain.

Friday 25 March – Typhoons attacked five terrorist positions near Mosul…Typhoons caught extremists mustering near Mosul on Friday 25 March, and struck five positions with Paveway IVs.

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 [1 British] 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.

Thursday 24 March – Tornados destroyed a mortar team that was firing on Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, while a Reaper destroyed a vehicle in eastern Syria…The following day [Thursday 24 March], Tornados were again active over Qayyarah; working in close cooperation with a coalition surveillance aircraft, they were able to successfully engage with a Paveway a Daesh mortar team that had opened fire on Kurdish forces. Across the border in eastern Syria, a Reaper used a Hellfire missile in a successful attack on a Daesh vehicle.