US Forces Launch Seven More Airstrikes Near Kobani
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Michael Fitzsimmons/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KOBANI, Syria) — U.S. military forces launched seven more airstrikes around Kobani on Friday, striking operations headed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Fighter aircraft struck six targets near Kobani where reports indicated they destroyed two ISIS fighting positions and two vehicles and struck three buildings. The strikes also suppressed three more ISIS fighting positions.
A separate airsrike took place near Shadadi. That strike was the first to target an ISIS oil operation, which consisted of tanks of petroleum, oil and lubricants and a pump station — “part of the terrorist group’s oil producing, processing and transportation infrastructure.” That operation aimed to “destroy a portion of [ISIS]’s ability to operate oil tanker trucks at oil collection points,” said a release from U.S. Central Command.
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