SOJTF Releases

Tag: CJTF-OIR

Iraqi Security Forces liberate Hawijah
October 5, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – The Coalition congratulates the Government of Iraq and the Iraqi Security Forces on their swift and decisive victory against ISIS in Hawijah... 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

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

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

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

SDF clear Great Mosque of Raqqah
September 4, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – The Coalition congratulates the Syrian Democratic Forces on the successful clearance of the Great Mosque of Raqqah, Sept. 2... MORE

Coalition Update on ISIS Convoy
September 2, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – After turning around and heading back west from the Abul Kamal area, the convoy of 17 buses containing hundreds of armed ISIS fighters and their families remains in the Syrian Desert between Humayma and As Sukhnah... MORE

CJTF – OIR Monthly Civilian Casualty Report
September 1, 2017 — SOUTHWEST ASIA-In the month of July, CJTF-OIR carried over 424 open reports of possible civilian casualties from previous months and received 68 new reports resulting from Coalition strikes in support of partner force operations to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria... MORE