Coalition conducts 1 airstrike in Syria 25 strikes in Iraq against IS
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) WASHINGTON Jan 4 (KUNA) -- Coalition military forces continued to attack the so-called Islamic State (IS) conducting one airstrike in Syria and 25 strikes in Iraq the Combined Joint Task Force announced on Monday. In Syria near Ayn Isa one strike destroyed five IS buildings the announcement said.In Iraq near Al Baghdadi two strikes struck an IS tactical unit and destroyed an IS machine gun an IS fighting position five IS weapons caches an IS vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) and five IS rocket rails the statement said. The strikes also suppressed two IS mortar positions and an IS VBIED cratered an IS-used road wounded three IS fighters and denied IS access to terrain it said.Near Fallujah one strike destroyed an IS fighting position and an IS bunker it said.Near Haditha one strike struck an IS tactical unit and destroyed an IS VBIED four IS vehicles and an IS heavy machine gun the statement said. Near Kisik three strikes struck three separate IS tactical units and destroyed two IS fighting positions it said. Near Mosul 12 strikes struck five separate IS tactical units and destroyed eight IS fighting positions an IS excavator four IS weapons caches IS engineering equipment three IS heavy machine guns 12 IS assembly areas and denied IS access to terrain it said. Near Qayyarah one strike struck an IS-used bridge the statement said.Near Ramadi two strikes struck an IS tactical unit and destroyed five IS fighting positions and four buildings and denied IS access to terrain it said.Near Sinjar two strikes destroyed two IS fighting positions and suppressed two IS machine gun positions it said.Near Tal Afar one strike destroyed 10 IS bunkers it said. (end) rm.nfm
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