WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition against Daesh destroyed more than 80 oil tankers during its airstrikes in Syria on Sunday, the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release.
"Near Abu Kamal, one strike destroyed 83 ISIL [Daesh] oil tankers," the release said on Monday.
Five other coalition airstrikes in Syria were waged near the towns of Manbij and Mara, destroying eight fighting positions, and a Daesh mortar system, the release added.
8 August 2016, 09:04 GMT
Meanwhile in Iraq, the coalition military forces launched eight strikes near six towns of Kisik, Mosul, Ramadai, Sinjar, Qayyarah, and Sultan Abdallah, and destroyed a Daesh headquarters, three fighting positions, six rocket systems, three assembly areas, as well as two Daesh weapons facilities.
The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been conducting anti-Daesh airstrikes in Syria and Iraq since 2014.
Daesh is outlawed in the United States, Russia and many other nations.
