WASHINGTON — U.S. and coalition forces launched 18 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq Saturday, with four each in Tal Afar and Mosul, the U.S. military said in a statement.
The airstrikes hit near nine Iraqi cities in all, destroying Islamic State buildings, tactical units, heavy machine guns and vehicles, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement Sunday.
Near Haditha, two airstrikes hit a militants’ safe house and an Islamic State headquarters, it said. Other cities affected were Baghdadi, Ar Rutbah, Baiji, Fallujah, Makhmur and Sinjar, it said.
In Syria, three airstrikes near Tal Abyad Saturday hit three Islamic State tactical units, destroyed three fighting positions and a heavy machine gun, the military coalition said.