US Military Launches 23 Airstrikes Targeting ISIS in Iraq, Syria
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Stocktrek Images/Thinkstock(MOSUL, Iraq) — U.S military forces conducted 23 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Friday and Saturday, many of them in the area of the Mosul Dam.
Only one of the 23 airstrikes was against a target in Kobani, Syria, which has been at risk of falling into the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria for weeks. That strike destroyed an ISIS artillery piece, according to U.S. Central Command.
The heaviest of the strikes launched in Iraq were around the Mosul Dam, including one southeast of the dam and 10 west of the dam. Additional strikes targeted locations near Bayji, Fallujah, Qurayat al Hajjaj, Hayy Al Arabi and Aynzalah. The Iraqi strikes struck three large ISIS units and eight small units, destroyed five ISIS-held buildings, nine fighting positions, four staging locations and a vehicle and damaged one additional building.
The strikes in Iraq are being conducted by forces from the U.S., France, the United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Bahrain are involved in the strikes in Syria.
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