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US-Led Coalition Destroys Daesh Security HQs Near Iraq’s Sinjar

© REUTERS / Ari JalalSmoke rises from the site of U.S.-led air strikes in the town of Sinjar, November 12, 2015.
Smoke rises from the site of U.S.-led air strikes in the town of Sinjar, November 12, 2015. - Sputnik International
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The US-led coalition against Daesh conducted 14 airstrikes against the terror group's positions in Syria and Iraq on Thursday and destroyed a security headquarters building near the city of Sinjar, the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release.

A fighter of Daesh, also known as ISIL, holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, Iraq, in this June 23, 2014. - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The total of nine strikes in Iraq hit Daesh targets near nine cities, including Qayyarah, Ramadi and Hit, destroying tactical units, Daesh buildings, as well as a communications antenna and vehicles, among other targets.

"On Sept. 1, coalition military forces conducted 14 strikes against ISIL [Daesh] terrorists in Syria and Iraq," the release stated on Friday. "Near Sinjar, one strike destroyed an ISIL security headquarters building."

In Syria, five strikes destroyed tactical units, fighting positions and weapons cache near the cities Raqqa and Mara, according to the Task Force.

The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been carrying out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since the summer of 2014.

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