10 US Airstrikes Hit ISIS in Iraq and Syria
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The U.S. military has conducted 10 airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria since Thursday, according to U.S. Central Command.
Seven airstrikes west of Baghdad, in Kirkuk and near Al Qaim, Iraq, destroyed nine vehicles, a bunker and a command checkpoint, while three airstrikes south and southeast of Dayr Az Zawr, Syria, destroyed four tanks, Centcom said.
The United States used a mix of fighter jets and drones to conduct the airstrikes.
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Airstrikes in Syria began earlier this week, as coalition warplanes have targeted ISIS' lucrative oil production facilities.
ISIS is said to be one of the most well-funded terrorist groups ever because it is generating its own funds through the illicit sale of oil from seized oil fields inside Syria.
Pentagon officials have said that airstrikes inside Syria would be a mix of planned strikes targeting stationary targets and what are known as targets of opportunity that present themselves when U.S. and coalition aircraft are overhead.
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10 US Airstrikes Hit ISIS in Iraq and Syria