US Conducted 20 Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria

Michael Fitzsimmons/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — So far this week, the U.S. has taken part in 13 airstrikes in Iraq and seven more in Syria.

The Syrian airstrikes all took place near the town of Kobani and destroyed five fighting positions controlled by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Also targeted were three additional fighting positions and an ISIS unit, all of which were struck.

The strikes in Iraq targeted areas near Sinjar, al-Qaim, Ramadi, Mosul, Samarra and Kirkuk. U.S. Central Command says that those strikes destroyed six ISIS-controlled buildings, four storage containers, two fighting positions, two armored vehicles, two other vehicles, a heavy weapon and a bunker. Reports indicate an ISIS guard tower, two bunkers, two armored vehicles, two armored personnel carriers and four tactical units were struck.

The Pentagon’s latest data shows that the airstrikes undertaken in Iraq and Syria, which began on August 8, have come at a cost of about $910 million.

That figure is as of Nov. 27, which places the daily cost of those strikes at $8.1 million. If that daily cost has remained the same since Thanksgiving, the total cost of airstrikes would have surpassed $1 billion in the last few days.

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