10 airstrikes hit ISIL targets in Syria, Iraq


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The US-led coalition against ISIL carried out seven airstrikes in Syria and three airstrikes in Iraq on Tuesday, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a statement.

In Syria, fighter and bomber aircraft struck targets near Kobani, where "six airstrikes destroyed seven ISIL fighting positions [and] an ISIL building," the statement said.

Near Barghooth, "an airstrike struck ISIL oil collection equipment," it added.

In Iraq, the coalition employed fighter, bomber, and attack jets to strike targets near Sinjar, where "two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL vehicle and struck a mortar and an ISIL tactical unit," while another airstrike "destroyed an ISIL fighting position" near Al Asad, the statement affirmed.

CJTF-OIR did not specify which nations participated in the December 23 operation.


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