SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Combined Joint Task Force Operation
Inherent Resolve and its partners have increased offensive activity against
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria targets throughout May, task force officials
reported today.
On May 1, the Syrian Democratic Forces announced the
resumption of major offensive operations in the middle Euphrates River valley,
officials said. Since then, they added, the SDF has continued to gain ground
through offensive operations, coupled with precision coalition strike support.
During the first 24 days of May, the coalition conducted 184
strikes with 231 engagements. This demonstrates a 147 percent increase over the
74 strikes conducted in March, officials said, and surpassed OIR’s strike tempo
of 183 strikes recorded for all of April.
The combined joint task force and its partner forces
continue to exert pressure on senior ISIS leaders and associates in order to
degrade, disrupt and dismantle the terrorist group’s structures and remove
terrorists from Iraq and Syria, officials said, adding that ISIS morale is
sinking on the front lines as privileged leaders increasingly abandon their own
fighters on the battlefield, taking resources with them as they flee.
Over the coming weeks, coalition officials said, Operation
Roundup will continue to build momentum against ISIS remnants remaining in the
Iraq-Syria border region and the middle Euphrates River valley.
Coalition military forces conducted 52 strikes May 18-24,
consisting of 70 engagements in Iraq and Syria:
May 24 Strikes
On May 24 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted six
strikes consisting of seven engagements near Abu Kamal, engaging an ISIS
tactical unit and destroying three ISIS-held buildings and an ISIS weapons
cache.
On May 24 in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted two
strikes consisting of four engagements against ISIS targets. Near Qayyarah, a
strike destroyed three ISIS caves, and near Baghdad, a strike destroyed five
ISIS tunnels.
May 23 Strikes
On May 23 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted 17
strikes consisting of 30 engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu Kamal, 15
strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed four ISIS-held buildings,
four ISIS fighting positions, an ISIS vehicle and two ISIS command-and-control
centers. Near Shadaddi, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed
an ISIS anti-aircraft weapon, two ISIS fighting positions and two ISIS belts
rigged with explosives.
On May 23 near Rutbah, Iraq, coalition military forces
conducted a strike consisting of one engagement, destroying an ISIS safe house.
May 22 Strikes
On May 22 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted six
strikes consisting of eight engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu Kamal,
five strikes destroyed an ISIS fighting position, and near Shadaddi, a strike
destroyed one ISIS tunnel system.
May 21 Strikes
On May 21 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted
three strikes consisting of three engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu
Kamal, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS
command-and-control center and an ISIS improvised-explosive-device factory.
Near Shadaddi, a strike destroyed an ISIS supply cache and an ISIS tunnel
system.
May 20 Strikes
On May 20 near Abu Kamal in Syria, coalition military forces
conducted three strikes consisting of three engagements against ISIS targets,
engaging an ISIS tactical unit and destroying an ISIS fighting position and an
ISIS supply route.
On May 20 in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted one
strike consisting of one engagement against ISIS targets near Tal Afar. The
strike destroyed two ISIS tunnels.
May 19 Strikes
On May 19 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted nine
strikes consisting of nine engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal,
engaging an ISIS tactical unit and destroying an ISIS command-and-control
center.
May 18 Strikes
On May 18 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted two
strikes consisting of two engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal,
engaging an ISIS tactical unit and destroying two ISIS command-and-control
centers.
On May 18 in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted two
strikes consisting of two engagements against ISIS targets. A strike near
Qayyarah engaged an ISIS tactical unit, and a strike near Rawah, destroyed an
ISIS-held building.
Definition of Strikes
The coalition’s strike report contains all strikes conducted
by fighter, attack, bomber, rotary-wing, or remotely piloted aircraft, rocket
propelled artillery and ground-based tactical artillery.
A strike, as defined by coalition officials, refers to one
or more kinetic engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic location
to produce a single, sometimes cumulative effect in that location. For example,
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.
Task force officials do 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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