U.S. U.S. Troops Executed 313 Missions with 686 ISIS Fighter Kills In 2022

The United States spent 2022 fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria by conducting 313 missions in both countries. At least 686 ISIS-related fighters were killed during these missions. including the terrorist group’s former top leaderAccording to U.S. Central Command, it is.

In Syria, U.S. forces conducted 108 missions with Syrian Democratic Forces, America’s Kurdish allies, along with 14 “unilateral” Operation in 2022 saw 215 ISIS operatives taken into custody and another 466 ISIS fighters killed, CENTCOM announced.

According to a CENTCOM News release, it was also a busy year in Iraq for U.S troops. They conducted 191 partnered missions with Iraqi forces, which resulted in 159 captured ISIS operatives and the deaths of at least 220 ISIS fighters.

According to CENTCOM: 2022 operations saw no U.S. soldiers in Syria or Iraq being killed or injured.

January was the month with the biggest fight. ISIS fighters attempted to free thousands of suspected ISIS members From Al-Hasakah prison, Syria. The attack was repelled by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of U.S. military aircraft. It took them 10 days to defeat it.

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According to CENTCOM, an estimated 420 ISIS militants were killed and 120 members from the Syrian Democratic Forces died in the fighting.

People take part in a funeral in Syria’s northeastern city of Hasakeh on February, 4, 2022, for Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters killed in clashes during a jailbreak attempt by the Islamic State group.(AFP via Getty Images).

U.S. Air Forces Central Command refused to give information about how many U.S. military planes flew in Iraq or Syria in 2022 in support of the fight against ISIS. Citing

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