Military Reports

Military Reports

CJTF–OIR for December 8, 2016 – December 9, 2016
Original
Annotated

Report Date

December 9, 2016

On Dec. 8, Coalition military forces conducted 12 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, Coalition military forces conducted seven strikes using attack and fighter aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted five strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack, fighter, rotary, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

Syria

* Near Ar Raqqah, three strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit, destroyed a vehicle, a fighting position, and a supply cache.

* Near Ayn Isa, two strikes damaged five ISIL supply routes.

* Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike destroyed an oil wellhead.

* Near Palmyra, one strike destroyed 168 oil tanker trucks.

Iraq

* Near Bashir, one strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a fighting position.

* Near Bayji, one strike destroyed an ISIL rocket system.

* Near Mosul, three strikes [1-2 British] engaged an ISIL tactical unit; destroyed six vehicles, two front-end loaders, two VBIEDs, an armored vehicle, an ISIL command and control facility, a heavy machine gun, and a fighting position; damaged an excavator, and two supply routes; and suppressed a tactical unit.

Report Date

December 9, 2016

Report Summary

  • 12 total strikes
  • 7 in Syria
  • 5 in Iraq

Report Summary

  • 12 total strikes
  • 5 in Iraq (10641 – 10645)
  • 7 in Syria (6054 – 6060)

Confirmed Actions

US, UK

On Dec. 8, Coalition military forces conducted 12 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, Coalition military forces conducted seven strikes using attack and fighter aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted five strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack, fighter, rotary, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

Syria

December 8, 2016
Syria: 7 strikes
Iraq: 5 strikes
Near Ar Raqqah, three strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit, destroyed a vehicle, a fighting position, and a supply cache.
Near Ayn Isa, two strikes damaged five ISIL supply routes.
Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike destroyed an oil wellhead.
Near Palmyra, one strike destroyed 168 oil tanker trucks.

Iraq

Near Bashir, one strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a fighting position.
Near Bayji, one strike destroyed an ISIL rocket system.
Near Mosul, three strikes [1-2 British] engaged an ISIL tactical unit; destroyed six vehicles, two front-end loaders, two VBIEDs, an armored vehicle, an ISIL command and control facility, a heavy machine gun, and a fighting position; damaged an excavator, and two supply routes; and suppressed a tactical unit.