US reports 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

U.S.-led global coalition launched 30 new strikes on strongholds of the extremist group of Islamic State (IS/ISIS), the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Saturday.

Several IS-held tactical units and military vehicles were destroyed during the operations, according to the statement. “On this context, the current coalition coverage of downplaying or denying all claims of noncombatant fatalities makes little sense, and dangers handing (the) Islamic State (group) and different forces a strong propaganda device”.

The Islamic State’s staying power also raises questions about the administration’s approach to the threat that the group poses to the U.S. and its allies. The incident prompted the U.S.to start the airstrikes concentrating on the militant group.

A Delta Force raid in Syria that killed Islamic State financier Abu Sayyaf in May also has resulted in a well of intelligence about the group’s structure and finances, U.S. officials say. Those personnel would then transmit the information to surveillance aircraft and strike controllers, making strikes faster and more precise than using overhead surveillance alone.The New Syrian Force fighters crossed the border at Kilis, on the Turkish side, to the Syrian border town of Azaz.

The militants have adjusted their tactics to thwart a U.S. bombing campaign that tries assiduously to avoid civilian casualties, officials say. The demise toll was confirmed by different opposition teams in Syria. The strikes additionally corresponded to confirmed coalition strikes carried out within the space at the moment, it stated.

17 air strikes were carried out near Deir ez-Zor, hitting Islamic State staging areas, bridges, checkpoints, a training centre and a logistics site.

Two videos and several photos released by a media arm of the IS group purport to show the aftermath of the strikes in the mixed Arab and Kurdish village showed children allegedly wounded in the airstrikes.

The leader of Iraq’s Kurdish region says that Iraqi Kurds must maintain control of areas in northwestern Iraq, including the city of Sinjar, after they are recaptured from Islamic State militants.

His speech marked the anniversary of the fall of Sinjar to the Islamic State group, which forced tens of thousands of people from Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority to flee into the mountains, prompting the U.S.to begin the airstrikes targeting the militant group.