Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners continue to strike Daesh targets in designated parts of Syria and Iraq.

Ongoing operations by Iraqi Security Forces and Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by CJTF-OIR efforts, demonstrate that much work remains to defeat Daesh here. The Coalition and our partners continue to exert pressure on Daesh senior leaders and associates across multiple networks in order to degrade, disrupt, and dismantle Daesh structures and remove the extremist terrorists throughout Iraq and Syria. This will prevent the terrorist group’s ability to regroup and resume its capacity to threaten citizens of all nations.

Weekly Strike Summary

Between Mar. 2 and Mar. 8, Coalition military forces conducted 20 strikes consisting of 30 engagements in Syria and Iraq.

On Mar. 8 in Syria, Coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of two engagements against Daesh targets. • Near Abu Kamal, two strikes [1 British?] destroyed a Daesh supply route and a UAV.

There were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq on Mar. 8, 2018.

On Mar. 7 in Syria, Coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of two engagements against Daesh targets. • Near Abu Kamal, two strikes engaged two Daesh tactical units and destroyed four Daesh motorcycles.

On Mar. 7 in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted one strike consisting of one engagement against Daesh targets. • Near Qayyarah, one strike destroyed a Daesh tunnel.

On Mar. 6 in Syria, Coalition military forces conducted four strikes consisting of six engagements against Daesh targets. • Near Abu Kamal, four strikes engaged two Daesh tactical units and destroyed a Daesh supply route, a front end loader and a staging facility.

There were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq on Mar. 6, 2018.

On Mar. 5 in Syria, Coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of two engagements against Daesh targets. • Near Abu Kamal, two strikes engaged a Daesh tactical unit and destroyed a Daesh supply route and a Daesh transportation vehicle.

There were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq on Mar. 5, 2018.

On Mar. 4 in Syria, Coalition military forces conducted one strike consisting of two engagements against Daesh targets. • Near Abu Kamal, one strike destroyed two Daesh supply routes.

On Mar. 4 in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted one strike consisting of one engagement against Daesh targets. • Near Hawijah, one strike engaged a Daesh tactical unit and destroyed a Daesh tunnel and a weapons cache.

On Mar. 3 in Syria, Coalition military forces conducted three strikes consisting of three engagements against Daesh targets. • Near Abu Kamal, two strikes engaged two Daesh tactical units. • Near Al Shadaddi, one strike destroyed five Daesh-held buildings.

There were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq on Mar. 3, 2018.

On Mar. 2 in Syria, Coalition military forces conducted three strikes consisting of nine engagements against Daesh targets. • Near Abu Kamal, three strikes engaged two Daesh tactical units and destroyed two Daesh supply routes, three Daesh construction vehicles, a weapons cache and a command and control center.

On Mar. 2 in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted one strike consisting of two engagements against Daesh targets. • Near the Atashanah Mountains, one strike destroyed two Daesh supply routes.

Additionally, we received late reporting of one strike consisting of six engagements conducted in Syria against Daesh targets on Mar. 1 near Abu Kamal, engaging a Daesh tactical unit and destroying a weapons cache, 11 VBIEDs and a VBIED storage facility.

These strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to destroy Daesh in Iraq and Syria. The destruction of Daesh targets in Iraq and Syria also further limits the group’s ability to project terror and conduct external operations throughout the region and the rest of the world.

This Coalition 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 Coalition 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.