11 airstrikes target ISIL facilities in Syria, Iraq

The US-led coalition against ISIL carried out 11 airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq between 8 a.m. on January 8 and 8 a.m. on January 9, local time, the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) reported on Friday.
In Syria, fighter and bomber aircraft targeted "an ISIL fighting position and two ISIL tactical units, and destroyed an ISIL building and seven ISIL fighting positions" as a result of five airstrikes near Kobani, CJTF-OIR affirmed. In Iraq, fighter aircraft and drones conducted six airstrikes: Near Al Qaim, where "an airstrike destroyed an ISIL bunker," near Al Asad, where "two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and a large ISIL unit and destroyed two ISIL vehicles," near Sinjar, where "two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL vehicle, and an ISIL heavy weapon," and finally near Mosul, where "an airstrike struck an ISIL building and an ISIL tactical unit," CJTF-OIR said.
The statement did not reveal which partner nations participated in this most recent operation.