US, allies conduct 23 airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq, Syria: task force

U.S. and allied forces conducted 14 airstrikes in Iraq and nine in Syria against ISIS militants during a 24-hour period ending on Tuesday morning, the U.S. military said.

The strikes in Iraq hit near Mosul, Tal Afar, Baiji, Kirkuk and Makhmur, destroying buildings, fighting

positions, vehicles, and a rocket system belonging to the militant group, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement.

In Syria, six of the air strikes were concentrated around Kobani near the Turkish border and three near the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, where they destroyed four tactical units, three resupply boats, an excavator, a fighting position and a vehicle, the statement said.