US AIRSTIKES CURTAINING ISIL ADVANCIES
U.S. airstrikes help push ISIS back in Kobani:(CNN) -The increased number of U.S. airstrikes
against ISIS in the Syrian city of Kobani reflects more targets of
opportunity, not a change in the campaign against the vicious Islamist
group, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.The strikes are helping Kurdish fighters on the ground push back ISIS militants in the Syrian town, according to sources there."There's been no
strategic shift here, as far as I know, at least from the military
perspective, about Kobani or any other town," Rear Adm. John Kirby said,
making a unique appearance at the State Department's daily briefing.In recent weeks,
administration and U.S. defense officials have said it wasn't essential
to keep the city, not far from the border with Turkey, from becoming the
latest in Syria to fall into ISIS hands."We never said Kobani
didn't matter," Kirby said. "What makes Kobani matter for us from an
airstrike perspective is that (ISIS is) there, and that they want it."Kirby said the number of
airstrikes in Syria or Iraq depends on how "target rich" an area is. The
past few days around Kobani have seen more ISIS targets, he said. There
are more ISIS fights there with more force, Kirby said.U.S. fighter jets conducted at least 14 raids near Kobani on Wednesday and Thursday, according to U.S. Central Command.Initial reports show the
strikes hit 19 ISIS buildings and 10 other targets, including command
posts, sniper positions and a staging location, the U.S. military said.
According to CNN's math, that makes 122 strikes on the city, most of any
town in what the military recently labeled Operation Inherent Resolve.Source CNN.
U.S. airstrikes help push ISIS back in Kobani:(CNN) -The increased number of U.S. airstrikes
against ISIS in the Syrian city of Kobani reflects more targets of
opportunity, not a change in the campaign against the vicious Islamist
group, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.The strikes are helping Kurdish fighters on the ground push back ISIS militants in the Syrian town, according to sources there."There's been no
strategic shift here, as far as I know, at least from the military
perspective, about Kobani or any other town," Rear Adm. John Kirby said,
making a unique appearance at the State Department's daily briefing.In recent weeks,
administration and U.S. defense officials have said it wasn't essential
to keep the city, not far from the border with Turkey, from becoming the
latest in Syria to fall into ISIS hands."We never said Kobani
didn't matter," Kirby said. "What makes Kobani matter for us from an
airstrike perspective is that (ISIS is) there, and that they want it."Kirby said the number of
airstrikes in Syria or Iraq depends on how "target rich" an area is. The
past few days around Kobani have seen more ISIS targets, he said. There
are more ISIS fights there with more force, Kirby said.U.S. fighter jets conducted at least 14 raids near Kobani on Wednesday and Thursday, according to U.S. Central Command.Initial reports show the
strikes hit 19 ISIS buildings and 10 other targets, including command
posts, sniper positions and a staging location, the U.S. military said.
According to CNN's math, that makes 122 strikes on the city, most of any
town in what the military recently labeled Operation Inherent Resolve.Source CNN.
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