(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The US-led coalition continued to strike ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq, with a total of 23 airstrikes conducted on October 17, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a statement released Sunday.
In Syria five airstrikes were conducted near three locations: Near Abu Kamal, two strikes destroyed two separate ISIL crude oil collection points, near Aleppo, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle, and neutralized an ISIL tactical vehicle and near Ar Raqqah, two strikes damaged an ISIL artillery piece.
In Iraq 18 airstrikes were conducted near nine locations: near Bayji, one strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL bunker, an ISIL heavy machine gun, three ISIL weapons caches, and an ISIL tactical vehicle, near Habbaniyah, one strike destroyed an ISIL mortar system, near Kisik, two strikes suppressed an ISIL sniper position and an ISIL light machine gun position. In addition, near Mosul, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL heavy machine guns, six ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL tactical vehicle, near Qayyarah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL improvised explosive device and an ISIL vehicle, near Ramadi, three strikes destroyed an ISIL supply cache and denied ISIL access to two separate terrain locations and near Sinjar, five strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL command and control node, an ISIL cache, an ISIL assembly area, 26 ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL improvised explosive device factory, and suppressed an ISIL rocket position.
Also, near Sultan Abdallah, one strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position and near Tal Afar, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
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