January 2nd 2015: U.S. and partner nation military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, Jan. 1, using fighter, bomber, and attack aircraft to conduct 12 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted 11 airstrikes in Iraq, Jan. 1, using fighter, attack, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Kobani, nine airstrikes struck a large ISIL unit and an ISIL fighting position and destroyed four ISIL buildings, 10 ISIL fighting positions, and an ISIL tank.

* Near Ar Raqqah, two airstrikes destroyed 20 ISIL armored vehicles.

* Near Al Hasakah, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle.

Iraq

* Near Taji, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Al Asad, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Fallujah, three airstrikes struck a large ISIL unit and two ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a mortar system, an ISIL building, and a bunker complex.

* Near Bayji, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL building and an ISIL fighting position.

* Near Al Qaim, three airstrikes [1 British] struck an ISIL shipping container and destroyed an ISIL shipping container, a front end loader, and an armored vehicle.

* Near Mosul, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL weapons cache and a VBIED.

In the early hours of 2 January, a Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 armed reconnaissance patrol located an ISIL armoured personnel carrier to the east of Al Qaim, and conducted a successful strike with a Brimstone missile.

On 1 January 2015, while taking part in coalition missions in support of Iraqi security forces (ISF) ground operations conducted north-west of Baghdad, two CF-188 Hornets successfully struck ISIL fighting positions using precision guided munitions.

On 1 January 2015, while taking part in coalition missions in support of Iraqi security forces (ISF) ground operations conducted in the vicinity of Al-Qa’im, two CF-188 Hornets successfully struck ISIL storage facilities using precision guided munitions.

December 31st 2014 – U.S. and partner nation military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, Dec. 31, using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct seven airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted three airstrikes in Iraq, Dec. 31, using fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against the ISIL terrorists. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Al Hasakah, two airstrikes destroyed four oil derricks.

* Near Kobani, five airstrikes destroyed five ISIL buildings and six ISIL fighting positions.

Iraq

* Near Fallujah, two airstrikes [1 Canadian] struck two ISIL tactical units.

* Near Mosul, one airstrike struck one ISIL fighting position, destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, and struck one ISIL tactical unit.

On 31 December, while taking part in coalition missions in support of Iraqi security forces (ISF) ground operations conducted west of Fallujah, two CF-188 Hornets successfully struck ISIL fighting positions using precision guided munitions.

December 30th 2014 – U.S. and partner nation military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, Dec. 30, using fighter aircraft to conduct seven airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted eight airstrikes in Iraq, Dec. 30, using fighter, remotely piloted and attack aircraft against the ISIL terrorists. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Kobani, six airstrikes destroyed three ISIL buildings, damaged an ISIL building, and struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Dayz ar Zawr, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL shipping container.

Iraq

* Near Al Qaim, two airstrikes destroyed four ISIL excavators and two ISIL fighting positions.

* Near Fallujah, three airstrikes destroyed four ISIL buildings and three ISIL tactical vehicles and struck an ISIL tactical unit and a large ISIL unit.

* Near Ramadi, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Bayji, one airstrike struck two ISIL buildings.

* Near Mosul, one airstrike destroyed two ISIL tactical vehicles and two ISIL checkpoints and struck an ISIL tactical unit.

December 29th 2014 – U.S. and partner nation military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Dec. 29 using fighter, attack and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct 12 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted six airstrikes in Iraq Dec. 29 using fighter, remotely piloted and attack aircraft against the ISIL terrorists. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Kobani, ten airstrikes destroyed eleven ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL buildings, an ISIL storage container and struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Day az Zawr, an airstrike struck several ISIL buildings.

* Near Ar Raqqah, an airstrike struck several ISIL buildings.

Iraq

* Near Al Asad, two airstrikes destroyed two ISIL vehicles and struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Sinjar, two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Mosul, two airstrikes destroyed two ISIL buildings and struck a large ISIL unit.

On 28 December, an RAF Reaper again provided support to the Kurdish peshmerga in the north of the country. Having conducted overwatch for a coalition air strike on 3 ISIL buildings known to have been fortified as heavy machine-gun positions, the Reaper then mounted 2 strikes of its own using Hellfire missiles against enemy fighting positions.