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Coalition Continues Counter-ISIL Progress Across Iraq, Syria
September 23, 2016
Soldiers with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Strike, execute a fire mission with an M777 howitzer during an operation to support Iraqi security forces at Kara Soar Base, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2016. Army photo by 1st Lt. Daniel I Johnson

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Dorrian via Teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq
September 23, 2016
Soldiers from the Nineveh Plain Protection Unit patrol a mountainside during a react to contact training exercise at their training facility in the Nineveh Province, May 18, 2016.  The NPPU are a small group of fighters who came together to protect their people in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.  Training focused on the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve overall mission to build partner capacity and increase the military capacity of local forces fighting ISIL.  (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sergio Rangel)

Coalition Has Momentum to End ISIL’s Hold in Iraq, Syria, Dunford Says
September 22, 2016
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

'Noose Tightening' in Battle to Retake Mosul, Dunford Says
September 20, 2016
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Iraqi leaders and coalition trainers in the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve at Besmaya Range Complex April 21, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

Dunford Discusses ISIL With Turkish Counterpart Ahead of NATO Meeting
September 16, 2016
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Turkey's chief of the General Staff, Gen. Hulusi Akar, in Split, Croatia, Sept. 16, 2016. The military leaders, who met ahead of a NATO Military Committee conference, discussed the way forward in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Dunford also "recommitted to the close military-to-military and strategic relationship the U.S. has with Turkey," his spokesman said. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

Coalition Strike Kills Senior ISIL Leader
September 16, 2016
Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve logo. DoD graphic

Airpower Continues to Remove Tools of Terror From Battlefield, OIR Official Says
September 13, 2016
A U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle takes off for a sortie in Southwest Asia, July 18, 2016. Speaking with Pentagon reporters Sept. 13, 2016, Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigan, air component commander for the campaign to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, said his focus remains on creating an insurmountably tough and complex set of problems for ISIL across Iraq and Syria. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.

Pentagon Confirms U.S. Strike in Syria Killed ISIL Leader
September 12, 2016
A Navy pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 131 taxies an F/A-18C Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf, Sept. 9, 2016. The Eisenhower and its carrier strike group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan T. Beard

Coalition service member dies in vehicle accident
September 10, 2016
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Shaping Operations Continue in Iraq, Syria as ISIL Leaders Targeted
September 8, 2016
A Navy pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 131 taxies an F/A-18C Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower at sea in the Persian Gulf, Sept. 9, 2016. The Eisenhower and its carrier strike group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan T. Beard