WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been conducting anti-Daesh airstrikes in Syria and Iraq since 2014.
"In Syria, coalition military conducted 14 strikes using attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL (Daesh) targets," the release stated on Wednesday. "Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 11 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq."
In Iraq, the airstrikes struck Daesh targets near six towns, including Mosul and Ramadi, destroying rocket caches, rocket rails, refueling points, tankers, generators, fighting positions, as well as denying Daesh access to terrain near Qayyarah.
Daesh is outlawed in the United States, Russia and numerous other countries.
