Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

13 more strikes hit ISIL targets in Syria, Iraq


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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) A total of 13 airstrikes were launched by the US-led coalition on ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq between 8:00 a.m. on Friday, and 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, local time. In Syria, attack, fighter and drone aircraft conducted four airstrikes near Al Raqqah, where they "struck an ISIL bulldozer, an ISIL tank and destroyed eight ISIL tanks and three ISIL bunkers," the Combined Joint Task Force for Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a statement on Sunday.

Meanwhile, nine airstrikes were carried out in Iraq, also using attack, fighter and drone aircraft.

Near Bayji, "two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units, an ISIL rocket system and destroyed an ISIL building," the statement said. Near Hit, one airstrike "struck an ISIL IED assembly factory," while near Mosul, "two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL armored excavator," the statement added.

Near Sinjar, one airstrike "struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL building," while near Taji, "two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units," CJTF-OIR said. Finally, near Tal Afar, one airstrike "struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL building." It was not revealed which of the partner nations participated in this round of strikes.

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

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