US military forces conducted new attacks on Islamic State (IS) terrorists Thursday and Friday using attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely-piloted aircraft in ten airstrikes, US-led coalition warplanes have intensified bombing raids to push back the armed group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) intent on seizing the Kurdish town of Kobane in Syria.
President Obama has authorized U.S. Central Command to work with partner nations to conduct targeted airstrikes of Iraq and Syria as part of the comprehensive strategy to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL.
US and Jordanian aircraft conducted eight additional strikes on ISIL around Kobane, for a total of 14 coalition strikes for the day and 19 bombing raids near the town since Tuesday, The latest strikes near Kobane destroyed five armed vehicles, an ISIL supply depot, a command center, a logistics compound, and eight occupied barracks.
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