Military Reports

Military Reports

CJTF–OIR for May 24, 2016 – May 25, 2016
Original
Annotated

Report Date

May 25, 2016

On May 24, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted two strikes using ground-attack and attack aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 15 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using 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 Ayn Isa, one strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position.

* Near Mar’a, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL mortar system.

Iraq


* Near Al Baghdadi, one strike destroyed an ISIL mortar position.

* Near Bayji, one strike [1 British] struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL mortar system.

* Near Fallujah, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL front end loader.

* Near Habbaniyah, three strikes destroyed an ISIL fighting position, four ISIL weapons caches, and an ISIL tunnel and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.

* Near Kisik, one strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL heavy machine gun.

* Near Mosul, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL vehicle, three ISIL assembly areas, three ISIL bed down locations, and an ISIL tunnel and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.

* Near Qayyarah, one strike destroyed two ISIL mortar systems.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas.

Report Date

May 25, 2016

Report Summary

  • 17 total strikes
  • 2 in Syria
  • 15 in Iraq

Report Summary

  • 17 total strikes
  • 15 in Iraq (8493 – 8507)
  • 2 in Syria (3962 – 3963)

Confirmed Actions

US, UK

On May 24, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted two strikes using ground-attack and attack aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 15 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using 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

May 24, 2016
Syria: 2 strikes
Iraq: 15 strikes
Near Ayn Isa, one strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
Near Mar’a, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL mortar system.

Iraq

Near Al Baghdadi, one strike destroyed an ISIL mortar position.
Near Bayji, one strike [1 British] struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL mortar system.
Near Fallujah, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL front end loader.
Near Habbaniyah, three strikes destroyed an ISIL fighting position, four ISIL weapons caches, and an ISIL tunnel and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.
Near Kisik, one strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL heavy machine gun.
Near Mosul, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL vehicle, three ISIL assembly areas, three ISIL bed down locations, and an ISIL tunnel and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.
Near Qayyarah, one strike destroyed two ISIL mortar systems.
Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas.