Since the US first began military operations against Daesh in 2014, it has carried out nearly 35,000 airstrikes against the terrorist group that once controlled huge swaths of Iraq and Syria. However, while US President Donald Trump has declared victory over Daesh, the Pentagon is continuing operations against a “low-level insurgency.”
US Marine Corps Capt. Jose Uriarte, a spokesperson for the Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), told Military Times on Wednesday the US and its allies carried out 34,917 airstrikes against Daesh between August 2014 and September 2020.
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