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Centcom Releases Civilian Casualty Assessments
April 22, 2016 — U.S. Central Command officials said today that U.S. airstrikes targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorist organization likely resulted in 20 civilian casualties and 11 civilian injuries in Iraq and Syria last year... MORE

Dunford: Narrative, Momentum in Anti-ISIL Fight Has Shifted to Iraqis
April 22, 2016 — The narrative and the momentum in Iraq has definitely shifted from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to Iraq and its coalition allies, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at the conclusion of his latest trip here... MORE

Combined Joint Operations Center Keeps Eyes on ISIL
April 21, 2016 — From the outside, the Baghdad Combined Joint Operations Center doesn’t look like much. The center is in a large room in a nondescript building at the headquarters of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve... MORE

Dunford Observes Iraqi Armor Training Exercises
April 21, 2016 — Under a broiling sun, Iraqis of the 9th Armored Division await their turn to drop into the turrets of their T-72 training tanks and fire the coaxial machine guns... MORE

Iraqi Forces Liberate Hit, OIR Spokesman Says
April 20, 2016 — Iraqi forces regained control of the key city of Hit, while a "tough fight" remains in the Tigris River Valley, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve said today... MORE

Dunford Arrives in Iraq to Assess Anti-ISIL Accelerants
April 20, 2016 — On the heels of Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s visit here, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Iraq’s capital city today for talks with Iraqi, American and coalition officials... MORE

Carter Lauds Denmark’s Expansion of Counter-ISIL Role
April 20, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter today welcomed the decision by the Danish Parliament to expand Denmark’s role in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant... MORE

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Warren via Teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq
April 20, 2016 — Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Warren via Teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq... MORE

Carter: Next Steps in Iraq ISIL Fight Include More Troops, Military Equipment
April 19, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the next phase of the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during a troop talk yesterday in Baghdad... MORE

Carter Thanks U.S. Troops During Baghdad Visit
April 19, 2016 — The men and women of the United States military have made enormous progress toward defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told troops in Baghdad yesterday... MORE