Washington - KUNA
A total of 13 airstrikes were launched by the US-led coalition on Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq on Friday and Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force for Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) confirmed in a statement.
In Syria, attack fighters and drone aircraft conducted four airstrikes near Al Raqqah, where they "struck an Daesh bulldozer, an Daesh tank and destroyed eight Daesh tanks and three Daesh bunkers," CJTF-OIR said.
Meanwhile nine airstrikes were carried out in Iraq, also using attack fighters and drone aircraft.
Near Baiji, "two airstrikes struck two Daesh tactical units, an Daesh rocket system and destroyed an Daesh building," the statement said.
Near Heet, one airstrike "struck an Daesh IED assembly factory," while near Mosul, "two airstrikes struck an Daesh tactical unit and destroyed two Daesh fighting positions and an Daesh armored excavator," the statement added.
Near Sinjar, one airstrike "struck an Daesh tactical unit and destroyed an Daesh building," while near Taji, "two airstrikes struck two Daesh tactical units," CJTF-OIR said.
Finally, near Tal Afar, one airstrike "struck an Daesh tactical unit and destroyed an Daesh building." It was not revealed which of the partner nations participated in this round of strikes.