On Aug. 21st, Coalition military forces conducted 18 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted 10 strikes using 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 rocket artillery and bomber, 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 Ar Raqqah, one strike [1 French] struck an ISIL weapons facility.

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

* Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike struck seven ISIL wellheads and a crude oil collection point.

* Near Manbij, six strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units, destroyed a fighting position, one tactical vehicle, and an anti-air artillery system.

* Near Tamakh, one strike destroyed an ISIL tank.

Iraq

* Near Bashir, one strike destroyed an ISIL checkpoint.

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

* Near Mosul, two strikes [1 British] struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroyed three vehicles and a mortar position.

* Near Qayyarah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroyed a mortar system, a vehicle, five assembly areas, a supply cache, a front-end loader and denied access to terrain.

* Near Ramadi, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit, a vehicle, a boat and damaged a fighting position.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, one strike struck an ISIL security headquarters.