SOUTHWEST ASIA, March 2, 2018 — Combined Joint Task Force
Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners continued to strike Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria targets in designated parts of Syria and Iraq between Feb.
23-March 1, conducting 23 strikes consisting of 35 engagements, Combined Joint
Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
Strikes in Syria
Yesterday in Syria, coalition military forces conducted two
strikes consisting of two engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The
strikes destroyed an ISIS motorcycle and two weapons caches.
On Feb. 28, coalition military forces conducted three
strikes consisting of four engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The
strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and destroyed an ISIS supply route and
an ISIS-held building.
On Feb. 27, coalition military forces conducted four strikes
consisting of five engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The strikes
engaged an ISIS tactical unit, destroyed an ISIS vehicle and a supply route and
damaged a unmanned aerial vehicle.
On Feb. 26, coalition military forces conducted three
strikes consisting of seven engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal.
The strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit, destroyed an ISIS supply route and
damaged a mortar.
On Feb. 25, coalition military forces conducted a strikes
consistin of two engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The strikes
engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed three fighting positions.
On Feb. 24, coalition military forces conducted two strikes
consisting of two engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The strikes
engaged two ISIS tactical units and destroyed a heavy machine gun and a
fighting position.
On Feb. 23, coalition military forces conducted two strikes
consisting of three engagements against ISIS targets:
-- Near Abu Kamal, a strike destroyed a fighting position.
-- Near Shadaddi, a strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and
an improvised explosive device facility.
Strikes in Iraq
There were no reported strikes in Iraq on Feb. 28-March 1.
On Feb. 27, coalition military forces conducted two strikes
consisting of two engagements against ISIS targets:
-- Near Kirkuk, a strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit.
-- Near Qayyara, a strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and
destroyed two ISIS-held buildings.
There were no reported strikes in Iraq on Feb. 26.
On Feb. 25, coalition military forces conducted two strikes
consisting of two engagements against ISIS targets:
-- Near Asad, a strike destroyed an ISIS-held cave.
-- Near Rutbah, a strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and
destroyed two ISIS vehicles and a weapons cache.
On Feb. 24, coalition military forces conducted a strike
consisting of one engagement against ISIS targets near Hawijah. The strike
destroyed an ISIS weapons cache.
On Feb. 23, coalition military forces conducted a strike
consisting of one engagement against ISIS targets near Hawijah. The strike
engaged an ISIS tactical unit.
Additional Strikes in Iraq
On Feb. 22, coalition military forces conducted a strike
consisting of three engagements against ISIS targets near Hawijah. The strikes
engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS watercraft.
Part of Operation Inherent Resolve
These strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent
Resolve, the operation to destroy ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The destruction of
ISIS 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, task force officials said.
The list above contains all strikes conducted by fighter,
attack, bomber, rotary-wing or remotely piloted aircraft; rocket-propelled
artillery; and ground-based tactical artillery, officials noted.
A strike, as defined by the coalition, refers to one or more
kinetic engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic location to
produce a single or cumulative effect.
For example, task force officials explained, a single aircraft
delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIS vehicle is one strike, but so is
multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of ISIS-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, officials said.
The task force 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.
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