US-Led Coalition Airstrikes Hit Foreign Fighter Training Site in Iraq

Airstrikes conducted by the US-led coalition against Daesh hit a foreign fighter training site and meeting area near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, the US Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release.

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

"Near Mosul, three strikes struck an ISIL [Daesh] foreign fighter meeting facility and an ISIL training site," the release said on Tuesday.

The coalition conducted four additional airstrikes in Iraq, near the cities of al-Baghdadi, Qayyarah and Sinjar, destroying an Daesj rocket cache, vehicle borne improvised devices, mortar systems and positions and heavy weapons.

In Syria, seven coalition airstrikes near the city of Manbij hit six separate Daesh tactical units and destroyed six of the group’s fighting positions, according to the Central Command.

The Iraq operations are coordinated with and in support of the government of Iraq, but the strikes in Syria are conducted without the approval of President Bashar Assad.

The Daesh terrorist group is outlawed in the United States, Russia and numerous other countries.