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Coalition service members injured in hard landing
September 29, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Two U.S. service members were injured after a Coalition aircraft executed a hard landing early morning Sept. 29 in the Middle East... MORE

Coalition airstrikes kill three ISIS drone experts
September 29, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Coalition airstrikes killed three senior and highly skilled ISIS officials near Mayadin, Syria, on Sept. 12-14... MORE

Operation Inherent Resolve Casualty
September 24, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA - A French Coalition service member was killed in a combat-related incident in the Middle East Sept. 23. The service member's name and the circumstances surrounding the death will be released at the discretion of the pertinent national authorities. MORE

Iraqi Security Forces begin Hawijah offensive
September 21, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Iraqi Security Forces initiated major combat operations in Hawijah during the early morning hours Sept. 21... MORE

Russian Strike Wounds Syrian Democratic Forces Troops
September 16, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – At approximately 12:30 a.m. GMT Sept. 16, Russian forces struck a target east of the Euphrates River in Syria near Dayr Az Zawr, causing injuries to Coalition partner forces... MORE

Syrian Arab Coalition commences anti-ISIS clearing operations in the Khabur River valley
September 9, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – The Combined Joint Task Force Coalition welcomes the announcement by the Syrian Arab Coalition of the commencement of their offensive to defeat ISIS in the Khabur River valley, dubbed “Operation Jazeera Storm,” north of Dayr Az Zawr in eastern Syria, Sept. 9... MORE

Syrian regime forces pass stranded ISIS convoy
September 8, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – At approximately 7am GMT Sept. 8, Syrian pro-regime forces advanced past the 11-bus convoy of ISIS terrorists and non-combatants in the eastern Syrian desert... MORE

Coalition removes ISIS leaders from battlefield
September 7, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Coalition airstrikes killed two senior ISIS leaders near Mayadin, Syria, Sept. 4. The removal of these key ISIS leaders disrupts ISIS's weapons engineering activities... MORE

CJTF-OIR transitions commanders in the mission to destroy ISIS
September 5, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Lt. Gen. Paul E. Funk II, III Armored Corps Commanding General, assumed command of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) from Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, XVIII Airborne Corps Commanding General, during a Sept. 5 ceremony here, which hosted an audience of hundreds of U.S. and Coalition Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines... MORE

ISIS convoy remains in Syrian Desert
September 5, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – Today is the seventh day ISIS fighters and their families have spent with a bus convoy now stalled in the Syrian Desert east of As Sukhnah... MORE