SOUTHWEST ASIA -- 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 May 11-17,
conducting 66 strikes consisting of 80 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force
Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
Strikes in Syria
On May 17, near Abu Kamal, coalition military forces
conducted eight strikes consisting of nine engagements against ISIS targets,
destroying an ISIS-held building, an ISIS weapons storage facility and an ISIS
supply route.
On May 16, coalition military forces conducted 11 strikes
consisting of 12 engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu Kamal, 10 strikes engaged
one ISIS tactical unit, destroying an ISIS vehicle and an ISIS fighting
position. Near Shadaddi, a strike destroyed an ISIS machinery piece.
On May 15, coalition military forces conducted nine strikes
consisting of nine engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu Kamal, eight
strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit, destroying an ISIS command-and-control
center, an ISIS vehicle, an ISIS-held building and an ISIS improvised explosive
device facility. Near Shadaddi, a strike destroyed four ISIS command-and-control
centers.
On May 14, coalition military forces conducted 11 strikes
consisting of 11 engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu Kamal, eight
strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit, destroying an ISIS fighting position, an
ISIS logistics office, an ISIS headquarters building, and an ISIS
command-and-control center. Near Shadaddi, three strikes destroyed an ISIS
logistics facility, an ISIS mortar system and an ISIS ammo cache.
On May 13, coalition military forces conducted seven strikes
consisting of nine engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu Kamal, six
strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit, destroying an ISIS supply route and
three ISIS vehicle-borne roadside bomb factories. Near Shadaddi, a strike
destroyed an ISIS-held communication building.
On May 12, near Abu Kamal, coalition military forces
conducted eight strikes consisting of 10 engagements against ISIS targets,
destroying four ISIS fighting positions and an ISIS supply route.
On May 11, coalition military forces conducted five strikes
consisting of six engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu Kamal, four
strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS fighting position.
Near Shadaddi, a strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed four
ISIS-held buildings.
Strikes in Iraq
On May 17, there were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq.
On May 16, near Hawijah, coalition military forces conducted
two strikes consisting of five engagements against ISIS targets, destroying an
ISIS-held building and an ISIS homemade bomb facility.
On May 15, near Rawah, coalition military forces conducted a
strike consisting of three engagements against ISIS targets, destroying 10 ISIS
caves.
On May 14, near Qayyarah, coalition military forces
conducted a strike consisting of an engagement against ISIS targets, destroying
an ISIS campsite.
On May 13, there were no reported strikes conducted in Iraq.
On May 12, near Qaim, coalition military forces conducted a
strike consisting of an engagement against ISIS targets.
On May 11, coalition military forces conducted two strikes
consisting of four engagements against ISIS targets. A strike took place near
Qaim. Near Kirkuk, another strike destroyed five ISIS tunnels and two ISIS-held
buildings.
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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