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US-led coalition conducts 14,000 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in 2 years

 US-led coalition conducts 14,000 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in 2 years

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US-led coalition conducts 14000 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
US-led coalition conducts 14,000 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.

(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) revealed on Tuesday that the US-led coalition has conducted over 14 thousand air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria since the start of its operations in August 2014.

The Pentagon also pointed out that the majority of air strikes were conducted by American aircraft and the total cost of the aerial campaign reached 8.4 billion US dollars. The air strikes destroyed over 26 thousand targets including 143 tanks and 1,600 rockets launcher pads.

The Pentagon in a report, said, “Since the beginning of the aerial campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in August 2014, the international coalition aircraft conducted 14,093 air strikes including 9,411 air strikes in Iraq and 4,682 air strikes in Syria.”

“The US aircraft conducted 10,826 air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria including 6,393 air strikes in Iraq and 4,433 air strikes in Syria,” the report added.

The Pentagon further added, “The total cost of the aerial campaign till July 2016 reached 8.4 US billion dollars with a daily cost of 11.9 million US dollars. The number of targets that the coalition aircraft targeted in Iraq and Syria reached 26,374.”

“The campaign resulted in the destruction of 143 tanks, 382 vehicles, 1,627 rockets launchers and 6,545 buildings belonging to ISIS,” the report stated.

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