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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

ISIS continues to use protected facilities for attacks
December 16, 2018 — On Dec. 15, a Coalition precision strike destroyed an ISIS command and control facility in a mosque in southern Hajin, Syria... MORE

Coalition forces, remain committed to enduring defeat of ISIS
December 15, 2018 — The Coalition mission in northeast Syria remains unchanged. We continue our normal operations, including observation posts in the border region to address the security concerns of our NATO ally Turkey. We remain committed to working with our partners on the ground to ensure an enduring defeat of ISIS. Any reports indicating a change in the U.S. position with respect to these efforts is false and designed to sow confusion and chaos... MORE

ISIS Actions Lead to Loss of Protected Status
December 10, 2018 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – ISIS forces used the Hajin Hospital as a platform to engage CJTF-OIR partner forces on Dec. 9.By these actions, ISIS caused the hospital to lose its protected status afforded by the Law of Armed Conflict by using a facility otherwise protected under the Geneva Conventions.“ISIS has no regard for human life. As we close in on them,... MORE

CJTF-OIR, partner forces continue the fight, degrade ISIS capabilities
December 4, 2018 — Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve and partner forces, Syrian Democratic Forces, continue operations for phase three of Operation Roundup near Deir ez-Zor, Syria, located in the Middle Euphrates River Valley... MORE