Military Reports

Military Reports

CJTF–OIR for September 3, 2016 – September 4, 2016
Original
Annotated

Report Date

September 4, 2016

On Sept. 3, coalition military forces conducted 19 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted 11 strikes using 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 fighter, rocket artillery, 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 destroyed three ISIL cranes.
* Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike destroyed an ISIL tanker truck.
* Near Manbij, eight strikes engaged seven ISIL tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions, a logistical hub, a VBIED, an anti-air artillery system, and two vehicles.
* Near Mar’a, one strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit.

Iraq

* Near Hit, one strike destroyed two ISIL buildings and two vehicles.
* Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit and a financial storage center, and destroyed an assembly area, a command and control node, a rocket system, five rocket rails, two fighting positions, a bulldozer, and a vehicle.
* Near Ramadi, two strikes engaged two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three buildings, two mortar caches, a vehicle, and a mortar system.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes engaged an ISIL weapons cache and a building.

Report Date

September 4, 2016

Report Summary

  • 17 total strikes
  • 10 in Syria
  • 7 in Iraq

Report Summary

  • 19 total strikes
  • 8 in Iraq (9736 – 9743)
  • 11 in Syria (5048 – 5058)

Confirmed Actions

US, UK

On Sept. 3, coalition military forces conducted 19 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted 11 strikes using 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 fighter, rocket artillery, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

September 3, 2016
Syria: 10 strikes
Iraq: 7 strikes

Syria

Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed three ISIL cranes.
Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike destroyed an ISIL tanker truck.
Near Manbij, eight strikes engaged seven ISIL tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions, a logistical hub, a VBIED, an anti-air artillery system, and two vehicles.

Near Mar’a, one strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit.

Iraq

Near Hit, one strike destroyed two ISIL buildings and two vehicles.
Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit and a financial storage center, and destroyed an assembly area, a command and control node, a rocket system, five rocket rails, two fighting positions, a bulldozer, and a vehicle.
Near Ramadi, two strikes engaged two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three buildings, two mortar caches, a vehicle, and a mortar system.
Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes engaged an ISIL weapons cache and a building.