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US Coalition Launches 18 Anti-Daesh Strikes in Syria and Iraq

© AP Photo / French ArmyThis photo released on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015 by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French army Rafale fighter jets flying towards Syria as part of France's Operation Chammal launched in September 2015 in support of the US-led coalition against Islamic State group
This photo released on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015 by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French army Rafale fighter jets flying towards Syria as part of France's Operation Chammal launched in September 2015 in support of the US-led coalition against Islamic State group - Sputnik International
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The US-led coalition carried out 18 airstrikes against Daesh terrorists in Syria and Iraq.

This image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Saturday April 25, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows Nusra Front fighters standing on their vehicles and waving their group's flags as they tour the streets of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria - Sputnik International
US Strikes Syrian Al-Qaeda Cells Planning Terrorist Attacks on Western Soil
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition carried out 18 airstrikes against Daesh terrorists embedded in Syria and Iraq on Sunday targeting tactical units, staging areas and supply caches, the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) announced in a statement.

"In Syria, coalition military forces conducted five strikes using attack and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets," the statement read on Monday. "Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 13 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and ground-attack, fighter, and attack aircraft against ISIL targets."

Coalition forces in Syria conducted five airstrikes throughout two Syrian cities including in Manbji, where a strike "produced inconclusive results," and in Mara, destroying several fighting positions, tactical vehicles and units as well as a Daesh house borne improvised explosive device.

In Iraq, coalition carried out 13 airstrikes in and around six Iraqi cities including Mosul, destroying a Daesh rocket rail, bed down locations, supply cache, heavy machine gun, a vehicle borne IED, several fighting positions and blocking off access to terrain.

The US-led coalition of over 60 nations has been carrying out airstrikes against Daesh in Syria and Iraq since summer 2014 and are currently in the midst of helping Iraqi security forces reclaim Mosul from Daesh militants.

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