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Coalition Shapes Mosul Fight by Removing ISIL Leaders From Battlefield
September 29, 2016 — Air Force Col. John Dorrian told reporters that the coalition supporting the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is helping to shape the Iraqi forces’ upcoming battle for Mosul, Iraq, by targeting ISIL leaders... MORE

An Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft meets a KC-135 Stratotanker during a refueling mission over Iraq while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, Sept. 16, 2016. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Colonel Dorrian via Teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq
September 29, 2016 — Department of Defense Press Briefing by Colonel Dorrian via Teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq... MORE

Australian soldiers, assigned to Task Group Taji, observe Iraqi soldiers with the Security Battalion, Nineveh Operations Command, firing their AK-47 rifles during night range training at Camp Taji, Iraq, April 3, 2016. Task Group Taji conducted night range training to gauge the Iraqi soldiers night firing capabilities. Training at the building partner capacity sites is an integral part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s multinational effort to train Iraqi security force personnel to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. William Lockwood)

Carter: 600 Troops to Deploy to Enable Iraqis to Retake Mosul From ISIL
September 28, 2016 — While traveling in New Mexico, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said about 600 U.S. troops will be deployed to Iraq to further enable local forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant... MORE

Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, visits Task Force Strike, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, Sept. 23, 2016. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Ryan E. Alvis

Uptick in Violence in Syria; ISIL 'Knows No Boundaries,' DoD Spokesman Says
September 26, 2016 — The Defense Department has no reason to doubt reports that Russia and Syria are responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Pentagon's press operations chief said... MORE

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 32 makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Gulf of Aden, July 14, 2016. The Eisenhower and its Carrier Strike Group are supporting 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 Anderson W. Branch

Coalition Continues Counter-ISIL Progress Across Iraq, Syria
September 23, 2016 — Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Air Force Col. John Dorrian briefed reporters on the progress that counter-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces are making in northern Syria, around the Iraqi city of Mosul and elsewhere... MORE

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 — Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Dorrian via Teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq... MORE

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 — The coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has the momentum to end the terror group’s hold in Iraq and Syria, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Senate Armed Services Committee... MORE

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 — Speaking to reporters after a trip to Europe, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said he expects Iraqi forces to be successful in their assault to retake the key northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant... MORE

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 — Ahead of a NATO Military Committee conference, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met in Croatia with his Turkish counterpart to discuss the way forward in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant... MORE

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 — A coalition precision strike near Raqqah, Syria, targeted and killed "Dr. Wa'il," also known as Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, one of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's most-senior leaders, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said... MORE