250 ISIS Militants Killed In US Airstrikes

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Hundreds of ISIS militants were killed in a series of U.S. and Iraqi airstrikes Wednesday that targeted two large vehicle convoys fleeing the western Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, according to U.S. officials.

Officials estimate that at least 250 ISIS fighters were killed in the airstrikes outside Fallujah and that at least 175 vehicles were destroyed in the airstrikes outside both cities.

Over the last two days, U.S. and Iraqi aircraft targeted convoys of fighters as they fled the cities, said Col. Chris Garver, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, the military campaign against ISIS.

From Tuesday to Wednesday night, "surveillance and intelligence reports identified one large group of Da'esh vehicles gathering in neighborhoods southwest of Fallujah, west of the Tofaha Bridge," Garver said. Da'esh is the Arabic acronym for ISIS.

After Iraqi security forces targeted the convoy of ISIS fighters, "Iraqi air force and coalition airstrikes attacked the convoy throughout the night and into Wednesday morning," he said. "We estimate coalition strikes destroyed approximately 55 Da'esh vehicles, and we know the Iraqi security forces destroyed more ...

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