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| US-led coalition launches 39 air strikes against Isis forces in Syria and Iraq | |
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| US forces and their allies staged 39 air strikes on Islamic State (Isis) forces in Iraq and Syria on Thursday and Friday, the Combined Joint Task Force said. | |
| Fighters, bombers and remotely controlled aircraft hit 19 targets in Syria while 20 strikes were carried out in Iraq, a statement said. The statement was updated, after a previous release said 31 strikes had been carried out on Friday. | |
| The strikes in Syria were concentrated on an area near the city of Kobani and destroyed buildings, a staging area and several fighting positions. Two large Isis units and four tactical units also were hit. | |
| Two air strikes near Al Hasakah and one near Ar Raqqah also caused damage. | Two air strikes near Al Hasakah and one near Ar Raqqah also caused damage. |
| In Iraq, air strikes hit near Al Asad, Sinjar, Mosul, Al Qaim, Baiji, Kirkuk and Tal Afar, destroying or damaging a rocket system, vehicles, tactical units and fighting positions, the statement said. | |
| Isis, meanwhile, claimed it carried out a suicide bombing south of Baghdad on Wednesday that targeted Sunni fighters who oppose the jihadists. Thirty-eight people were killed in the attack. | Isis, meanwhile, claimed it carried out a suicide bombing south of Baghdad on Wednesday that targeted Sunni fighters who oppose the jihadists. Thirty-eight people were killed in the attack. |
| The bomber attacked the fighters, known as Sahwa, while they were gathering near a military base in Madain to receive their pay. At least 56 people were wounded. | The bomber attacked the fighters, known as Sahwa, while they were gathering near a military base in Madain to receive their pay. At least 56 people were wounded. |
| Isis claimed the attack in a message posted online, and identified the bomber as Saifeddin al-Ansari. | Isis claimed the attack in a message posted online, and identified the bomber as Saifeddin al-Ansari. |
| US-led air strikes against Isis militants began in Iraq on 8 August and in Syria on 23 September. On Thursday, the father of a Jordanian pilot who was taken prisoner by Isis fighters after his jet came down near the Syrian city of Raqqa pleaded for his son to be well-treated. | US-led air strikes against Isis militants began in Iraq on 8 August and in Syria on 23 September. On Thursday, the father of a Jordanian pilot who was taken prisoner by Isis fighters after his jet came down near the Syrian city of Raqqa pleaded for his son to be well-treated. |
| The loss of the Jordanian plane was the first suffered by the US-led coalition. | The loss of the Jordanian plane was the first suffered by the US-led coalition. |
| The group has executed captured Iraqi and Syrian Muslim soldiers, but the pilot’s father, Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh, said: “I direct a message to our generous brothers of the Islamic State in Syria: to host my son, the pilot Muadh, with generous hospitality. I ask God that their hearts are gathered together with love, and that he is returned to his family, wife and mother.” | The group has executed captured Iraqi and Syrian Muslim soldiers, but the pilot’s father, Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh, said: “I direct a message to our generous brothers of the Islamic State in Syria: to host my son, the pilot Muadh, with generous hospitality. I ask God that their hearts are gathered together with love, and that he is returned to his family, wife and mother.” |
| He added: “We are all Muslims.” | He added: “We are all Muslims.” |