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  • US-led coalition: Recent strikes destroyed nearly half of ISIS 'propaganda' cells

    01/06/2019 3:24:25 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 9 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | January 06, 2019 04:46 PM | Diana Stancy Correll
    Recent precision strikes and coordinated attacks targeting the Islamic State's media cells have diminished the group’s communications capabilities by nearly half in less than six months, according to the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve announced Sunday that strikes conducted by Operation Roundup between Dec. 23 and 29 hit Islamic State fighters, media cells, and a general service building in Syria’s Middle Euphrates River Valley region. As a result, the coalition said the Islamic State's communications capabilities have been reduced by approximately 45 percent since September. “The degradation of ISIS in both...
  • US set to launch final anti-Daesh offensive in Syria

    08/19/2018 3:26:28 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 7 replies
    Gulf News (Emirates News) ^ | August 19, 2018 | Sami Zaatari, Staff Reporter
    Abu Dhabi: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is set to launch a major offensive against the last remaining Daesh stronghold on the eastern side of the Euphrates Valley in Syria, as the coalition seeks to finally drive the terrorists out of the area. Colonel Sean Ryan, spokesperson for the US Central Command’s operations against Daesh in Syria and Iraq, briefed reporters at the US embassy in Abu Dhabi on Sunday about the planned offensive to retake the town of Hajin from Daesh. This will be part of the third phase of ‘Operation Roundup’. Launched in May, the operation is...