US-led forces target Daesh in Iraq, Syria: Military

The American military has announced new bombardments of more Daesh (ISIL) militant targets in Iraq and Syria.

The United States and its allies targeted ISIL militants in Iraq with 14 strikes on Friday and two strikes in Syria, the US military said on Saturday.

Five of the strikes in Iraq were near Mosul, hitting four ISIL tactical units and command and control nodes. The strikes in Syria were near Ayn Isa, hitting a militant vehicle and four buildings, according to Reuters.

Since September 2014, the US along with some of its allies has been conducting air raids against what are said to be the Daesh terrorists inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or the United Nations.

The air assaults in Syria are an extension of the US-led aerial campaign against purported Daesh positions in Iraq, which started in August 2014. The terror group seized swathes of land in Iraq a couple of years ago after ravaging Syria.

This is while many critics including Iraqi officials have time and time again questioned the efficacy of these airstrikes.

Reports say US-led attacks have killed scores of civilians in Syria ever since. Washington itself has admitted to some.

Syria has been grappling with a foreign-backed militancy since the early 2011. The violence has claimed over 260,000 lives and driven millions of Syrians into neighboring states from where many have been trying to reach Europe.

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