U.S. military aircraft, including planes from the soon-to-be San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt, continue to strike Islamic terrorists, with 31 strikes reported so far this weekend.
The Defense Department regularly reports the airstrikes under Operation Inherent Resolve, which includes aircraft from the U.S., other Western nations and Arabian allies. The attacks are directed at the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, better known as ISIL or ISIS.
Here are the attacks reported by the Defense Department on Saturday afternoon:
Airstrikes in Syria
Fighter, bomber and remotely piloted aircraft conducted nine airstrikes in Syria:
- Near Al Hasakah, two airstrikes destroyed two ISIL fighting positions.
- Near Ar Raqqah, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL excavator and an ISIL bridge.
- Near Dayr Az, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
- Near Kobani, four airstrikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and two small ISIL tactical units and destroyed six ISIL fighting positions.
Airstrikes in Iraq
Attack, fighter-attack, bomber and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 22 airstrikes in Iraq:
- Near Al Huwayjah, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun and an ISIL fighting position.
- Near Bayji, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
- Near Fallujah, seven airstrikes struck an ISIL vehicle-borne improvised explosive device facility, a weapons repair facility and five ISIL bridges, and destroyed an ISIL excavator.
- Near Habbaniyah, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
- Near Makhmur, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun and an ISIL fighting position.
- Near Mosul, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL mortar system and an ISIL vehicle.
- Near Ramadi, five airstrikes struck three ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL armored personnel carriers, four ISIL mobility obstacles, an ISIL anti-aircraft artillery weapon, an ISIL heavy machine gun, three ISIL vehicles and an ISIL building.
- Near Sinjar, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL light machine guns, two ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL bunker.
- Near Tal Afar, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL camera embedded berm.
Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Iraq include the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
