CJTF–OIR for April 17, 2017 – April 18, 2017
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Annotated
On April 17, Coalition military forces conducted 23 strikes consisting of 75 engagements against ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
In Syria, Coalition military forces conducted 16 strikes consisting of 19 engagements against ISIS targets.
* Near Abu Kamal, one strike destroyed an ISIS staging area.
* Near Al Shadaddi, one strike destroyed an ISIS tank.
* Near Dayr Az Zawr, four strikes destroyed four ISIS well heads, a command and control node and an ISIS vehicle.
* Near Palmyra, two strikes destroyed two ISIS tunnels and an ISIS shed.
* Near Raqqah, one strike destroyed a front-end loader.
* Near Tabqah, seven strikes [1 British] engaged five ISIS tactical units, destroyed three fighting positions and damaged six fighting positions.
In Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted seven strikes consisting of 56 engagements against ISIS targets.
* Near Mosul, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; these destroyed five fighting positions, three VBIEDs, one mortar system, and one front-end loader; damaged three fighting positions and two supply routes; and suppressed one ISIS tactical unit, one mortar team and one artillery system.
* Near Tal Afar, one strike destroyed an ISIS staging area.
On April 17, Coalition military forces conducted 23 strikes consisting of 75 engagements against ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
In Syria, Coalition military forces conducted 16 strikes consisting of 19 engagements against ISIS targets.
In Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted seven strikes consisting of 56 engagements against ISIS targets.
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A Belgian Air Component F-16 Fighting Falcon approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron before aerial refueling during a Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve mission over Iraq, April 11, 2017 (US Air Force)