From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve
News Release
SOUTHWEST ASIA, December 21, 2015 — U.S. and coalition
military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent
Resolve officials reported today.
Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting
that assessments of results are based on initial reports.
Strikes in Syria
Ground-attack and remotely piloted aircraft conducted three
strikes in Syria:
-- Near Mar’a, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and
destroyed an ISIL staging area and an ISIL mortar system.
-- Near Ayn Isa, one strike destroyed an ISIL road obstacle
and an ISIL bomb.
Additionally, there was an additional strike in Syria from
Dec. 19 that was not included on the Dec. 20 strike release:
-- Near Raqqah, one strike struck five ISIL gas and oil
separation points and two ISIL crude oil collection points.
Strikes in Iraq
Attack, fighter, bomber, ground-attack and remotely piloted
aircraft conducted 12 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of
Iraq’s government:
-- Near Beiji, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical
units and destroyed an ISIL rocket-propelled grenade, an ISIL heavy machine
gun, seven ISIL vehicles, two ISIL caches, and an ISIL fighting position.
-- Near Mosul, six strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical
units, an ISIL weapons storage facility, and an ISIL weapons cache and
destroyed two ISIL heavy machine guns, an ISIL mortar tube, three ISIL fighting
positions, an ISIL checkpoint, two ISIL vehicles, and suppressed an ISIL light
machine gun.
-- Near Ramadi, four strikes struck a large ISIL tactical
unit and destroyed eight ISIL buildings, eight ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL
staging area, an ISIL command-and-control node, an ISIL tactical vehicle, three
ISIL heavy machine guns, and denied ISIL access to terrain.
A strike, as defined in the CJTF releases, means one or more
kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a
single, sometimes cumulative effect for that location. So having a single
aircraft deliver a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but
so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of
buildings and vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having
the cumulative effect of making that facility [or facilities] harder or
impossible to use. Accordingly, 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.
Part of Operation Inherent Resolve
The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent
Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat
they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The
destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the group's
ability to project terror and conduct operations.
Coalition nations conducting strikes in Iraq include the
United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the
Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations conducting strikes in
Syria include the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Jordan,
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
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