WASHINGTON
The U.S. continued to strike the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, Saturday and Sunday, hitting the group three times in Syria and six times in Iraq, according to a statement issued by the U.S. Central Command.
One strike northwest of the Syrian city of al-Mayadin destroyed an ISIL bulldozer, two ISIL tanks and another ISIL vehicle. Two other strikes northwest of ISIL’s unofficial capital, Raqqah, hit a large ISIL unit and destroyed six firing positions, said the statement.
In Iraq, the U.S. carried out four strikes, northeast of Fallujah, which hit two mortar teams, a large ISIL unit and two small ISIL units. Another strike southeast of Hit destroyed two ISIL Humvees while a strike northeast of Sinjar destroyed an ISIL Humvee.
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