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CJTF-OIR, partner forces further reduce ISIS influence
January 15, 2019 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve continued supporting Coalition partner forces with precision air strikes and coordinated fires to degrade ISIS capabilities in the fight against ISIS in the Middle Euphrates River Valley, Syria, and the Anbar province, Iraq, between Dec. 30, 2018, - Jan. 6, 2019.In Syria, the... MORE

Sergeant Clément, Heavy Weapon instructor at Task Force Narvik
January 13, 2019 — For the last two months, Sergeant Clément is on mission in Baghdad to support the instructors of the Iraqi Counter-terrorism Training Academy. He provides advice during technical and tactical instructions in the field of heavy weapons, his specialty within the French Task Force (TF) Narvik. After having trained the Iraqi instructors for eight weeks, he is now checking the outputs during a synthesis exercise called integration phase... MORE

French Air Support to takeover Hajin
January 12, 2019 — On December 7th, 2018, the Rafale from the French Forward Air Base in the Middle East participated to a decisive mission to regain a command center occupied by ISIS members, in Hajin, Syria.Three months of fighting were needed to overcome the resistance of an ISIS major command center in Syria. Originally, the building was an hospital but ISIS... MORE

CJTF-OIR reflects on significant military gains, fighting ISIS in 2018
January 8, 2019 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Today, the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve reflects on 2018 and looks forward to 2019.Within one year, the Coalition has grown from 70 nations and four partner organizations to 74 nations and five partner organizations in the campaign to ensure the lasting defeat of ISIS. The Coalition welcomed the... MORE

CJTF-OIR erases ISIS propaganda cells
January 6, 2019 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve continued supporting Coalition partner forces with precision strikes and coordinated fires to make further progress in the fight against ISIS in the Middle Euphrates River Valley, Syria, during the week of Dec. 23 – 29.CJTF-OIR struck ISIS fighters, media cells, and a general... MORE

Coalition celebrates Iraqi Army Day
January 6, 2019 — SOUTHWEST ASIA— Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve joins Iraqi leaders and citizens in celebrating the 98th anniversary of the activation of the Iraqi Army. The Iraqi Army was activated on Jan. 6, 1921.“Our Iraqi partners have trained and fought diligently to liberate their country from ISIS and continue to fight to provide... MORE

Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve Monthly Civilian Casualty Report
December 30, 2018 — The Coalition has worked by, with and through partners since 2014 to defeat ISIS in designated parts of Iraq and Syria, liberating nearly 8 million Iraqis and Syrians from ISIS’s brutal rule and reducing its control of territory to approximately one percent of what it previously held. We continue to employ thorough and deliberate targeting and strike processes to minimize the impact of our operations on civilian populations and infrastructure. This process includes thorough review and vetting of each target package prior to a strike, and another review after that strike. Our regular strike reports make our activities publicly accessible, and our monthly publication of civilian casualty reports makes our civilian casualty assessments similarly accessible to the public... MORE

CJTF-OIR continues partner support to Defeat ISIS
December 25, 2018 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve continued supporting Coalition partner forces with precision air strikes and coordinated fires to make further progress in the fight against ISIS in the Middle Euphrates River Valley, Syria, Dec. 16 – 22.These coordinated attacks destroyed ISIS logistics facilities and staging... MORE

Coalition Forces support Iraqi Security Forces with airstrike against ISIS
December 22, 2018 — BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces conducted an airstrike in support of Iraqi Security Forces taking smalls arms fire west of Mosul, Dec. 15, 2018.20th Iraqi Army Division troops received small arms fire during a routine patrol in the Atshanah Mountains. The ISF soldiers pursued the attackers, identified as ISIS fighters, to a tunnel entrance in the... MORE

Iraqi Security Forces conduct air strikes against ISIS
December 17, 2018 — Iraqi Security Forces conducted an airstrike against two ISIS locations Dec. 11, 2018 in As Susah, Syria... MORE