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Centcom Commander to Focus on Partnerships, Complexities During AOR Visit
May 18, 2016 — On his third trip in seven weeks to U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, Centcom’s commander said today, he aims to strengthen relations with partners there and gain a deeper understanding of the region’s complexities...

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Warren via teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq
May 18, 2016 — Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Warren via teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq...

Inherent Resolve Spokesman: Coalition Operations Deny ISIL’s Caliphate Dreams
May 13, 2016 — The U.S.-led coalition fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is denying the terrorists’ ambition to act as a state by targeting their finances, revenue sources, recruiting efforts and leaders, the Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman said today...

Carter Lauds Belgium’s Decision to Expand Counter-ISIL Role
May 13, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter today lauded Belgium’s announcement that it will begin conducting airstrikes in Syria as part of the coalition air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...

Inherent Resolve Official Extends Condolences to Baghdad Attack Victims
May 11, 2016 — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters resort to desperate acts as the terrorist organization loses ground in Iraq, the commander of Operation Inherent Resolve’s Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command said, as he extended condolences to the people affected by today’s bombing in Baghdad...

Pentagon Spokesman: Coalition Airstrike Kills Anbar Military Emir
May 9, 2016 — A U.S.-led coalition airstrike May 6 targeted and killed Abu Wahib, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s military emir for Iraq’s Anbar province, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said today...

Operation Inherent Resolve Casualty
May 6, 2016 — On May 6, 2016, a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve service member died as a result of a non-battle related injury in Iraq today. It is CJTF-OIR policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities. ...

Carter: Counter-ISIL Defense Ministers Recognize All Must Do More
May 5, 2016 — Defense ministers who represent core countries contributing to the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant all agreed that they will continue to do more to accelerate ISIL's lasting defeat, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today in Stuttgart, Germany, after the group’s second meeting...

Dunford: U.S. Working With Libya to Assess Possible Needs in Counter-ISIL Fight
May 4, 2016 — The United States is working with the interim Libyan government to see what help it might need in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today...

Operation Inherent Resolve Casualty
May 3, 2016 — On May 3, 2016, a Coalition service member was killed in northern Iraq as a result of enemy fire. Further information will be released as appropriate. It is CJTF-OIR policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities...