Amid the terrorism in Paris, the U.S. military continued to hit ISIS with airstrikes on Friday and Saturday, including one that killed a top terrorist leader in Libya.
In the first strike against ISIS leadership in Libya, F-15 Eagles based in Britian targeted Abu Nabil, the senior leader of ISIS. Nabil was the spokesman in a video in February showing the beheading of a group of Libyan Christians.
“Nabil’s death will degrade ISIL’s ability to meet the group’s objectives in Libya, including recruiting new ISIL members, establishing bases in Libya, and planning external attacks on the United States,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook.
Meanwhile, aircraft from U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria and Iraq, which the Pentagon refers to as ISIl. Here is a list of the airstrikes reported Saturday:
Fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted six strikes in Syria:
- Near Hasakah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
- Near Raqqah, one strike produced inconclusive results.
- Near Mara, one strike destroyed an ISIL improvised explosive device cluster, an ISIL fighting position and two ISILdefensive berms.
- Near Hawl, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL checkpoint and wounded an ISIL fighter.
- -Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike struck an ISIL cash distribution site.
Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely-piloted aircraft conducted 12 strikes in Iraq:
- Near Kisik, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL mortar system, suppressed an ISIL light machine gun, and wounded an ISIL fighter.
- Near Mosul, one strike suppressed an ISIL heavy machine gun.
- Near Qayyarah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position.
- Near Ramadi, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed 10 ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL cache, two ISIL buildings, an ISIL vehicle-borne bomb and an ISIL command and control node and denied ISIL access to terrain.
- Near Sinjar, four strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units, destroyed three ISIL vehicles and an ISIL fighting position, and wounded an ISIL fighter.
The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve and include participation by Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
