The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its strike group began flight operations this week from the Eastern Mediterranean in support of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition in Iraq and Syria, known as Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR).
The US Navy’s Sixth Fleet said aircraft began carrying out flights from the strike group on March 31st. It’s not clear if the planes are carrying airstrikes in Iraq or Syria, but there’s a good chance they are since the campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria has stepped up in recent months.
On April 1st, OIR spokesman US Army Col. Wayne Marotto said the coalition carried out an airstrike that killed an ISIS fighter. It’s not always clear from OIR statements which country is responsible for the airstrikes, and there are over 30 members of the coalition, but historically, the US has carried out the bulk of the airstrikes.
Last week, Marotto said US Air Force F-15E and F-16 jets participated in the bombing of ISIS hideouts in the Makmour mountains of Iraq. He said coalition aircraft conducted a total of 312 airstrikes that destroyed 120 hideouts and positions and killed 27.
BRING THEM HOME! 🇺🇸
I thought there was an issue with Biden’s taking war measure against Syria?
There was just an issue about the “flavor.” They just wanted to tweak the flavor of the war on Syria.
We are not welcome in Syria. Russia and China are welcome in Syria. We need to get the F out of there!
What ISIS? Where is this “ISIS”. Once MBS came to power by ousting Crown Prince MBN — the key brain, ideology and purse of Islamist militancy and ISIS, plug was pulled on ISIS.
Folded in Iraq and later in Syria — despite US controlling by air the whole Raqqa region. Once US enabled SDF, ISIS folded and Kurds took over, it was not sustainable as Syrian Arabs live there and Kurdish militants eventually had togo. Trump dis what was possible — pulled away from artificially propped up Kurdish militancy, and returning the region to government. Turkey and Russia control the border.
So, Biden is longing for ISIS. Keep the brand name alive. Just itching to get into a war. Any war. Anywhere. Just to get COVID and Mexican border out of news!
Sounds like Turkey isn’t letting them use its airfields much any more
Biden put the word “endless” in “endless wars.”
With plenty of help.