WASHINGTON: The US-led coalition conducted 20 air strikes in Iraq and four in Syria targeting Islamic State militants since early on Thursday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the air operations said.
In Iraq, air strikes carried out using attack, fighter, bomber and drone aircraft struck near Baghdadi, Bayji, Falluja, Makhmur, Ramadi, Sinjar and Tal Afar, the task force said in a statement today.
In Syria, air strikes carried out using bomber and fighter aircraft struck near Al Hasakah and Kobani, it said.
The air strikes were conducted between 8am on Thursday and 8am on Friday local time, the statement said. “All aircraft returned to base safely,” it said.--AFP