Jordan has carried out nearly 20 percent of the total sorties conducted by the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS in Syria to date, Jbour said, adding that they had been careful not to hit any civilians.
The sorties have led to the “degrading” of nearly 20 percent of the hardline militants’ capabilities, he said.
“We are determined to wipe them from the face of the Earth.”
Jbour also said that the coalition’s air strikes have killed 7,000 members of the militant group.
He also said that Jordan’s jet fighters had conducted 56 raids in three days of intensified bombing targeting a stronghold of ISIS militants in northeast Syria.
“We achieved what we aimed at. We destroyed logistics centers, arms depos and targeted hideouts of their fighters,” Jbour said.
There was no word of any new strikes against the militants on Sunday.
- Jordan’s King Abdullah has vowed to avenge the killing of pilot Muath al-Kassasbeh and has ordered his commanders to prepare for an increased military role in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS.
(alarabiya.net with Reuters)
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ReplyDeleteDer Kampf gegen den Islamischen Staat geht voran und trägt Früchte: US-Außenminister Kerry spricht von großen zurückeroberten Gebieten. Auch das Königreich Jordanien meldet Erfolge seiner jüngsten Offensive.
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An international coalition battling against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria is beginning to win back territory and deprive the jihadists of key funds, US top diplomat John Kerry said Feb. 8 as he denounced the group's "new level of depravity"...
ReplyDeleteWashington has rallied more than 60 countries in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and while Kerry told a global security conference it would be a long battle, he said there were signs the strategy was working.
Since August there have been 2,000 air strikes by the coalition, Kerry told the Munich Security Conference, saying it had helped to retake some 700 square kilometres in territory, or "one-fifth of the area they had in their control."
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