The U.S.-led multinational coalition launched almost 35,000 strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria over the past six years, officials told Military Times Wednesday. From August 2014 to September 2020, aircraft of the Combined Joint Task Force conducted 34,917 strikes in the region. “Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) continues to work […]
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No personnel were injured when a helicopter with the U.S. led coalition fighting the Islamic State made an emergency landing in northern Syria, according to a U.S. official. “A coalition helicopter conducted an emergency landing” in northern Syria, about 9:30 a.m. local time, Army Col. Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the Combined Joint Task Force […]
A new non-partisan coalition of 15 organizations representing thousands of military members and their family members has sent letters to all state election officials urging them to send absentee ballots to uniformed and overseas voters by Sept. 19 — as required by law. “Our coalition plans to closely monitor this process. You can expect to […]
U.S. troops and Syrian Democratic Forces exchanged fire with pro-Syrian regime troops Monday, but there were no U.S. casualties. At about 9:20 a.m. Syrian time, U.S. and SDF forces, conducting a routine anti ISIS security patrol near Tal Al-Zahab, Syria, encountered a checkpoint occupied by pro-Syrian regime forces, U.S. defense officials tell Military Times. “After […]
U.S. troops and Syrian Democratic Forces exchanged fire with pro-Syrian regime troops Monday, but there were no U.S. casualties. At about 9:20 a.m. Syrian time, U.S. and SDF forces, conducting a routine anti ISIS security patrol near Tal Al-Zahab, Syria, encountered a checkpoint occupied by pro-Syrian regime forces, U.S. defense officials tell Military Times. “After […]
U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq are adjusting their operating model as Iraqi security forces step up their fight against ISIS. A ceremony on Thursday marked Task Force Iraq’s transition to the Military Advisor Group, according to an Operation Inherent Resolve media release. Task Force Iraq, a one-star subordinate command of Combined Joint Task Force Operation […]
COVID or no COVID, the coalition is still keeping pressure on ISIS fighters across Syria and Iraq. Operation Inherent Resolve posted a video of coalition aircraft pummeling 10 ISIS cave complexes on April 29 in the Hamrin Mountains, Iraq. OIR said five to 10 ISIS fighters were killed in the strikes but those numbers could […]