Military Reports

Military Reports

CJTF–OIR for October 14, 2016 – October 15, 2016
Original
Annotated

Report Date

October 15, 2016

On Oct. 14, coalition military forces conducted 18 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven strikes using attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 11 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack, bomber, fighter, rotary, 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 Abu Kamal, two strikes destroyed 19 ISIL oil tanker trucks and two oil well heads.

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

* Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed an ISIL oil pump jack.

* Near Ayn Isa, one strike engaged an ISIL headquarters building and a staging area.

* Near Mar’a, one strike destroyed an ISIL improvised explosive device.

* Near Palmyra, one strike destroyed two ISIL vehicles.

Iraq

* Near Al Huwayjah, one strike engaged an ISIL headquarters building.

* Near Mosul, six strikes [2 British] engaged two ISIL tactical units and a media center; destroyed five rocket rails, four fighting positions, two supply caches, two vehicles, an anti-air artillery system, an ISIL-held building, a mortar system, and a headquarters building; damaged two T-walls; and suppressed another mortar system.

* Near Qayyarah, one strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL-held building, an ISIL vehicle, and a weapons cache.

* Near Sinjar, one strike engaged an ISIL media center.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes engaged an ISIL weapons storage facility and a headquarters building.

Report Date

October 15, 2016

Report Summary

  • 18 total strikes
  • 7 in Syria
  • 11 in Iraq

Report Summary

  • 18 total strikes
  • 11 in Iraq (10162 – 10172)
  • 7 in Syria (5530 – 5536)

Confirmed Actions

US, UK

On Oct. 14, coalition military forces conducted 18 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven strikes using attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 11 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using attack, bomber, fighter, rotary, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

October 14, 2016
Syria: 7 strikes
Iraq: 11 strikes
Near Abu Kamal, two strikes destroyed 19 ISIL oil tanker trucks and two oil well heads.
Near Al Shadaddi, one strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a fighting position.
Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed an ISIL oil pump jack.
Near Ayn Isa, one strike engaged an ISIL headquarters building and a staging area.
Near Mar’a, one strike destroyed an ISIL improvised explosive device.
Near Palmyra, one strike destroyed two ISIL vehicles.

Iraq

Near Al Huwayjah, one strike engaged an ISIL headquarters building.
Near Mosul, six strikes [2 British] engaged two ISIL tactical units and a media center; destroyed five rocket rails, four fighting positions, two supply caches, two vehicles, an anti-air artillery system, an ISIL-held building, a mortar system, and a headquarters building; damaged two T-walls; and suppressed another mortar system.
Near Qayyarah, one strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL-held building, an ISIL vehicle, and a weapons cache.
Near Sinjar, one strike engaged an ISIL media center.
Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes engaged an ISIL weapons storage facility and a headquarters building.