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Coalition departs Besmayah Base, transfers upgraded training site to ISF
July 25, 2020 — Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) conducted a ceremony with Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to transfer the Coalition area of Besmayah Base, Iraq, July 25, 2020... MORE

Life After Daesh - July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020 — The Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners remain united in a long-term, international mission to create enduring security in Iraq and Northeast Syria to enable stabilization activities and humanitarian assistance... MORE

Deputy Commander, CJTF-OIR, Provides Update From Baghdad on ISIS Threat and Coalition Activities
July 22, 2020 — U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Ekman, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve Deputy Commander for Operations, provides an update from Baghdad on ISIS threats and Coalition activities... MORE

Operation Inherent Resolve casualty
July 21, 2020 — A service member with Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve died in Syria, July 21. Initial reports indicate the incident was not due to enemy contact. ... MORE

Life After Daesh - July 11, 2020
July 11, 2020 — The Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners remain united in a long-term, international mission to create enduring security in Iraq and Northeast Syria to enable stabilization activities and humanitarian assistance... MORE

CENTCOM Command Team visits Syria
July 11, 2020 — U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., CDR, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and U.S. Navy Fleet Master Chief James Herdel, CENTCOM senior enlisted advisor, met with U.S. Soldiers across Syria, July 10, 2020... MORE

Coalition Task Force-Iraq transitions to Military Advisor Group
July 4, 2020 — Task Force-Iraq, of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, marked a new phase in its advising mission to Iraqi Security Forces, July 2, 2020. A brief ceremony recognized the transition to Military Advisor Group, as TF-I reduces its number of personnel and reorganizes as part of a new approach to support ISF defeat Deash operations... MORE

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Bill Seely (right), the departing commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve’s Task Force Iraq, passes the ceremonial “swagger stick” to U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Ryan Rideout, incoming Military Advisory Group director, signifying the transition of Task Force Iraq into the Military Advisory Group.

Iraqi Security Forces demolish Daesh safe havens during “Heroes of Iraq III”
June 27, 2020 — Thousands of Iraqi Security Forces members, including elements from: Iraqi Army, “Qwat al-Khasah” Special Forces Brigade, Iraqi Air Force, Emergency Response Divisions, Federal Police, Popular Mobilization Units, and Iraqi Security and Intelligence agencies, cleared over 4,800 square kilometers in search of ISIS hideouts during Operation “Heroes of Iraq III” in Salah ad-Din Province, Iraq, June 22-24... MORE

Life After Daesh - June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020 — The Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners remain united in a long-term, international mission to create enduring security in Iraq and Northeast Syria to enable stabilization activities and humanitarian assistance. ... MORE

Camp Closed: Coalition obliterates rural ISIS hideout
June 20, 2020 — In coordination with the Government of Iraq, Coalition aircraft destroyed three ISIS camps in Wadi al-Shai, Iraq, June 19. Wadi al-Shai is a rural area in Kirkuk Province and a known hiding place for ISIS terrorists. The camps were in densely-vegetated austere terrain, approximately 16 miles west of Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq. ... MORE