US, allies launch 74 airstrikes against IS in Syria, Iraq

U.S. and partner-nation military forces have conducted a total of 74 airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) forces in Syria and Iraq over the past five days, the U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday.

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 38 airstrikes near Kobani, Abu Kamal, Aleppo and Hasakah in Syria, while the military forces conducted 36 airstrikes in Iraq, including Mosul, Al Qaim, Taji, Mosul and Sinjar, the Pentagon said in a statement.

The strikes were conducted between 8 a.m. Jan. 16 and 8 a.m. Tuesday local time, the statement said.

The airstrikes in Syria destroyed 19 IS fighting positions, 23 IS tactical units, six IS vehicles, an IS checkpoint, six IS staging positions, one IS tank and an IS mortar system, according to the statement.

The strikes across Iraq struck 21 IS tactical units, three IS vehicles, eight IS fighting positions, two IS heavy weapons, an IS checkpoint and an IS artillery system, and destroyed 18 IS buildings, three IS armored vehicles, two IS mortar systems, it added.

The U.S.-led strikes are part of an operation to eliminate the terrorist group, which controls land in Syria and Iraq and has declared an Islamic caliphate, and the threat it poses to Iraq, the region and the wider international community.

Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Iraq include the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Syria include the United States, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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