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US, Partners Conduct 14 More Airstrikes Against ISIS in Syria, Iraq

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GETTY 10814 FighterJets?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1412791571624iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — The U.S. military, with the help of partner nations, conducted 14 more airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Wednesday.

Nine of the strikes were conducted throughout Syria on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to CENTCOM, four south of Kobani destroyed an ISIS armored personnel carrier, three armed vehicles, an artillery piece, and damaged another armed vehicle. Two other strikes near Kobani destroyed an armed vehicle and an artillery piece.

Elsewhere in Syria, two airstrikes northwest of Ar Raqqah hit an ISIS training camp, and one northwest of Dayr az Zawr destroyed a tank.

Bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft from the U.S. and United Arab Emirates were used in these nine strikes and all managed to exit the areas safely.

Meanwhile, in Iraq, one airstrike east of Fallujah destroyed an ISIS checkpoint and armed vehicle; two strikes near Ramadi destroyed three buildings held by ISIS, two anti-aircraft artillery pieces, an ISIS unit and a checkpoint; and one northeast of Sinjar Mountain destroyed an armed vehicle. The fifth strike, which targeted an ISIS vehicle, was unsuccessful, CENTCOM said.

The U.S., United Kingdom and Netherlands participated in these five attacks, and all aircraft were able to exit the areas safely, as well.


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