WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition against Daesh (banned in Russia) destroyed 37 of the terror group’s fighting positions and numerous other targets with strikes near Raqqa, Syria on Monday, Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release.
"Near Raqqah, 25 strikes engaged 17 ISIS [Daesh] tactical units and destroyed 37 fighting positions, two command and control nodes, two weapons caches, two vehicles, and a weapons depot," the release stated on Tuesday.
The coalition conducted four additional strikes in Syria, destroying an explosives factory, well-heads and a weapons cache near Abu Kamal and Deir ez-Zor.
The US-led coalition of more than 70 members is conducting airstrikes, ground-based and rocket-propelled artillery fire against Daesh in Syria and Iraq. The strikes in Iraq are conducted in support of the Iraqi government, but those in Syria are not authorized by the UN Security Council or the government of President Bashar Assad.
