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Aug 22, 2020
Release No. 20200822-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CJTF-OIR Strike Summary Report, May 2020

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and
its partners continue to target and pursue the enduring defeat of Daesh.

CJTF-OIR and partner forces have liberated nearly 110,000 square kilometers
(42,471 square miles) from Daesh. As a result, 7.7 million people no longer
live under Daesh oppression.  CJTF-OIR remains committed to the enduring
defeat of Daesh to improve conditions for peace and stability in the region
and to protect all our homelands from the Daesh terrorist threat.

Strike Summary
Between May 1 and May 31, 2020, CJTF-OIR conducted a total of 20 strikes
consisting of 36 engagements in Iraq and Syria.

In Iraq, CJTF-OIR conducted 11 strikes against Daesh targets consisting of
21 engagements. This resulted in 25 enemy killed, one cave destroyed, and 19
bed down locations destroyed.

In Syria, CJTF-OIR conducted nine strikes against Daesh targets consisting
of 15 engagements. This resulted in nine terrain denial operations.

This CJTF-OIR strike release contains all strikes conducted by fighter,
attack, bomber, rotary-wing, or remotely piloted aircraft, rocket propelled
artillery and ground-based tactical artillery.

A strike, as defined in the CJTF-OIR release, refers to one or more kinetic
engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a
single, sometimes cumulative effect in that location. For example, a single
aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone Daesh vehicle is one
strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a
group of Daesh-held buildings and weapon systems in a compound, having the
cumulative effect of making that facility harder or impossible to use.
Strike assessments are based on initial reports and may be refined.

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. The information used to
compile the daily strike releases is based on ‘Z’ or Greenwich Mean Time.
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