{"id":62599,"date":"2018-01-23T22:40:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T22:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/23\/us-airstrikes-decimate-nearly-150-isis-militants\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:57:43","slug":"us-airstrikes-decimate-nearly-150-isis-militants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/23\/us-airstrikes-decimate-nearly-150-isis-militants\/","title":{"rendered":"US airstrikes decimate nearly 150 ISIS militants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. airstrikes killed nearly 150 Islamic State militants near Al-Shafah, Syria, on Saturday, officials with Operation Inherent Resolve announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The precision strikes targeted an ISIS headquarters and command and control center in the Middle Euphrates River Valley, according to a Tuesday press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A heavy concentration of <span class=\"js-paste-start-ZJ5LGKF6SZBEZHKNQUDDZMQSFA\">145 to 150<span class=\"js-paste-end-ZJ5LGKF6SZBEZHKNQUDDZMQSFA\"> ISIS fighters who appeared to be \u201cmassing for a movement\u201d were killed in the strikes, officials said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe strikes underscore our assertion that the fight to liberate Syria is far from over,\u201d said Army Maj. 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James Jarrard, commanding general of Special Operations Joint Task Force \u2013 Operation Inherent Resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Syrian Democratic Forces \u2014 a primarily Kurdish alliance of U.S.-backed fighters \u2014 provided target observation and intelligence to aircraft prior to the airstrike, according to the press release. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SDF fighters provided continuous eyes on the target, ensuring there were no accidental engagements of civilians, officials said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the SDF continue to engage in heavy fighting against ISIS holdouts attempting to regroup in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur SDF partners are still making daily progress and sacrifices, and together we are still finding, targeting and killing ISIS terrorists intent on keeping their extremist hold on the region,\u201d Jarrard said. \u201cWe cannot take our focus off our mission, and we must not lose our momentum in taking these terrorists off the battlefield and preventing them from resurfacing somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/12\/more-than-90-airstrikes-pummel-last-isis-stronghold-in-syria\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1411607605005-1564754jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">More than 90 airstrikes pummel last ISIS stronghold in Syria<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The area has become a bit of a convergence point for all parties involved in the Syrian conflict.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Islamic State has lost more than 98 percent of the territory it once claimed as part of its caliphate, officials said. 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and transportation vector,&#8221; Phillips said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/10\/isis-must-surrender-or-face-death-by-shovel-top-enlisted-leader-tells-troops\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Troxell.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">ISIS must surrender or face death by shovel, top enlisted leader tells troops<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Troxell carried 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