WASHINGTON — U.S.-led forces conducted 16 airstrikes in Iraq and seven in Syria Saturday against Islamic State targets, the U.S. military said.
In Iraq, five airstrikes near Mosul, three near Ramadi and three near Sinjar aimed to beat back the militants, destroying excavators, tactical units, buildings and weapons, the Combined Joint Task Force said Sunday in a statement.
Other strikes were located near Kirkuk, Falluja, Tal Afar, Makhmur and Kabbaniyah, it said.
The airstrikes in Syria were concentrated around Hasaka, Aleppo and Kobani, where they struck a bunker, a tank, anti-aircraft artillery pieces and tactical units, the task force said.