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Locations where the United States has launched airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq (as of 16 September 2014). On 8 September, the Iraqi Army, with close air support from the U.S., retook the key Haditha Dam, and recaptured the town of Barwana, killing 15 ISIL fighters. [230] ISIL responded with the public execution of David Haines. [231]
Accusing Al-Qaeda of conspiring with the enemies of the Islamic State, the magazine stated: Despite what the Islamic State faces of economic, military, political, and media war, and despite all the different parties unified against it-from the new Al-Qa'idah leadership in Khurasan , to the [S]afawis in Tehran , and all the way to the crusaders ...
The following is a list of conflicts involving the jihadist militant group known as the Islamic State (IS/ISIL/ISIS/Daesh), throughout its various incarnations. The group controlled portions of territory in Iraq and Syria in the mid-2010s and has taken part in many attacks, battles and wars.
Dramatic new video shows the moment US military bombed a cave complex in Somalia obliterating a senior ISIS “attack planner” and several other militants on Saturday. The Feb. 1 precision ...
The Islamic State's use of tanks in Syria and Iraq became severely hampered as its enemies waged an increasingly effective air campaign. [8] Researcher Ido Levy argued that after the Siege of Kobani, "reliance on concentrated firepower became a liability because of the ease with which coalition airpower could target slow-moving heavy weapons ...
Just as the Assad regime fell in Syria, the Biden administration announced that it had hit 75 ISIS targets on December 8, using B-52 bombers, F-15 jets, and A-10 warplanes.
"The location had been the headquarters of the de facto Defeat-ISIS coalition in Syria," Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Myles Caggins III said, adding that "No US forces or equipment were ever in jeopardy and remain within separate, secure facilities." SDF personnel burned their part of the base before departing. [323]
In addition, ISIS operatives fired at an Iraqi police camp about 30 km south of Kirkuk. One policeman was killed and three others were wounded. [13] February 6, 2021 - ISIS operatives fired machine guns at an Iraqi army force that tried to ambush them about 20 km south of Fallujah. One soldier was killed and two others were wounded.