US allies conduct 26 strikes against Islamic State: US military
Date
1/3/2016 12:08:18 PM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Smoke rises during an air strike in Ramadi city December 26 2015. Reuters/Stringer
WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies conducted 26 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Sunday.
In Syria one strike struck near Manbij hitting an Islamic State tactical unit and destroying four Islamic State buildings and a vehicle the Combined Joint Task Force said on Sunday.
The coalition also struck targets near Deir al Zor Ayn Isa and Washiyah.
The coalition said it used fighter attack bomber and remotely piloted aircraft against Islamic State targets in the region.
In Iraq near Ramadi seven strikes struck an Islamic State tactical unit and destroyed three tactical vehicles two Islamic State vehicles a vehicle borne improvised explosive device and three Islamic State buildings two heavy machine gun positions an Islamic State fighting position an Islamic State staging location suppressed a vehicle borne improvised explosive device damaged a staging location and denied Islamic State access to terrain.
Other strikes struck near Fallujah Kirkuk Kisik Mosul Qayyarah Sinjar Sultan Abdallah and Tal Afar the statement said.
(Reporting by Alana Wise; Editing by Alison Williams)
Reuters