Airstrikes continue against IS targets in Syria, Iraq

U.S. and partner-nation military forces continued to conduct airstrikes against the Islamic State ( IS) forces in Syria and Iraq over the past two days, U.S. Defense Department said on Thursday.

During the period, fighter and bomber aircraft conducted a total of nine airstrikes in Syria and 22 airstrikes in Iraq, the DOD said in a statement.

Airstrikes in Syria's Al Hasakah and Kobani destroyed seven IS tactical units, five IS fighting positions, three IS vehicles, an IS mortar position, an IS warehouse, an IS building, an IS bunker and an IS checkpoint, the statement said.

Meanwhile, airstrikes in Iraq's Asad, Qaim, Beji, Mosul, Sinjia, Fallujah and Ramadi destroyed 16 IS tactical units, four IS weapons caches, seven IS buildings, six IS vehicles, four IS fighting positions, four IS staging points, five IS excavators and an IS heavy machine gun, it added.

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