(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) US and partner nation military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists from Monday to Wednesday using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct six airstrikes in Syria and 61 airstrikes in Iraq.
Five airstrikes near Ain Al-Arab (Kobani), north Syria, destroyed an ISIL building, an ISIL staging area, an ISIL bunker and an ISIL mortar and struck two ISIL tactical units, two additional buildings and two ISIL fighting positions, according to an announcement by the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR). Near Al-Bukamal, in east Syria, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle, it said.
Separately, the coalition forces conducted 61 airstrikes in Iraq during the same period using fighter, bomber, attack and remotely piloted aircraft against the ISIL terrorists.
Eight airstrikes near Mosul destroyed two ISIL heavy machine guns, three ISIL buildings, one ISIL mortar position, one ISIL bulldozer and an ISIL bunker and also struck a large ISIL unit and an ISIL tactical unit, the statement said.
Near Tal-Afar, two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL building and three ISIL bridges and also struck an ISIL tactical unit, it said. Near Sinjar, two airstrikes destroyed two ISIL vehicles, two ISIL guard towers, three ISIL containers and one ISIL storage container.
Near Hit, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle and an excavator, it said. Near Rawa, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL building and a storage container, it said. Near Irbil, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle and struck an ISIL tactical unit, it said. Near Ramadi, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL building, it said.
An additional 45 strikes were conducted in support of the Peshmerga and Iraqi security forces operating in the region, the announcement said. Precision airstrikes from 15 coalition aircraft destroyed approximately 50 targets, to include bulldozers, vehicles, checkpoints, enemy fighting positions, enemy fighters and equipment, it added.
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