US-Led Coalition Launches 31 Airstrikes Against Daesh in Iraq, Syria

The US-led coalition foces conducted 21 strikes in Syria and ten strikes in Iraq against the Daesh targets, according to the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIL or Daesh) carried out 31 airstrikes against the terror group’s positions and infrastructure in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release.

“In Syria, coalition military forces conducted 21 strikes using bomber, attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL [Islamic State] targets,” the release said on Tuesday. “Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 10 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.”

In Syria, the coalition airstrikes were waged near three towns of Dayr Az Zawr, Manbij, and Mara, and destroyed an Daesh crane, an Daesh front-end loader, multiple Daesh positions and vehicles, as well as a heavy machine gun and a tactical vehicle.

The airstrikes in Iraq were launched near five locations, including Mosul, Hit and al-Baghdadi, and destroyed an Daesh headquarters and a training camp, a number of vehicles, a weapons cache, a tunnel entrance.

The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been conducting anti-IS airstrikes in Syria and Iraq since the summer of 2014. The Islamic State terrorist group, which is also known as Daesh in Arabic, is outlawed in the United States and Russia, among numerous other countries.