ISIS also maintains a preference for outdoor strikes in the region and continues to work with affiliates around the world, adding Afghanistan and Africa.
Throughout 2022, U. S. Central Commandand the forces of its components carried out many operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). These operations demoted ISIS and removed a group of high-ranking leaders from the battlefield, adding the emir of ISIS and dozens of regional leaders and many fighters. All of those operations were part of the project to degrade the terror group’s ability to direct and motivate destabilizing attacks in the region and around the world, adding opposition to the American homeland.
In calendar year 2022, CENTCOM conducted a total of 313 ISIS operations in Iraq and Syria as follows:
In Syria:
In Iraq:
These operations were conducted under the authority of the CENTCOM Commander, who maintains authority for operations opposing ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and under the command of Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. No U. S. forces were injured or killed in those operations. Local partners, the Syrian Democratic Forces and Iraqi security forces, have played and continue to play an important role in ensuring the lasting defeat of ISIS.
This month, a year ago, U. S. security appointments were held in the U. S. The U. S. military relationship with Iraq shifted to an advisory, assistance, and empowerment role for Iraqi security forces. Iraqi security forces are now achieving unilateral offensive operations at the brigade point and making impressive progress in combined arms operations.
“Over the past year, Iraqi security forces have demonstrated their ability to continue operations aimed at degrading ISIS, aggressively pursuing the terrorist organization in Iraq, and security and prowess in Iraq,” said Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, commander of CENTCOM. “Today, they are demonstrating a peak of competence, professionalism and progress in conducting tactical operations, but there is still a lot of work to be done. “
“In Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces continue to demonstrate the will and ability to aggressively eradicate ISIS leaders and fighters,” Kurilla continued.
“The emerging, reliable and robust capability of our Iraqi and Syrian counterpart forces to conduct unilateral operations to capture and kill ISIS leaders allows us to put constant pressure on the ISIS network,” said Maj. Gen. Matt McFarlane, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force: Inherent Resolve of the Operation.
ISIS has malicious intent related to the al-Hol displacement camp and the more than two dozen detention centers in Syria secured by the Syrian Democratic Forces. ISIS also maintains a preference for outdoor strikes in the region and continues to work with affiliates around the world. , adding in Afghanistan and Africa.
“CENTCOM sees ISIS in 3 categories,” Kurilla said. First of all, ISIS as a whole. This is the existing generation of ISIS leaders and operatives that we are currently fighting in Iraq and Syria. Although we have particularly degraded its capacity, vile ideology remains unfettered. We will have to continue to pressure ISIS through our partnership operations.
“The category at the moment is ISIS detained. There is a literal ‘ISIS army’ stopped in Iraq and Syria. Today there are more than 10,000 ISIS leaders and fighters in detention centers in Syria and more than 20,000 ISIS leaders and fighters detained. The centers in Irak. La escape of the ISIS criminal in January 2022 in Al-Hasakah, Syria, is a reminder of the threat imposed through those criminals. The resulting struggle to involve escape resulted in more than 420 ISIS deaths and more than 120 forced deaths. in partnership.
“Finally,” Kurilla continued, “we have the possible next generation of ISIS. The more than 25,000 young people in al-Hol camp are at risk. These young people in the camp are the main targets of ISIS radicalization. Foreign network paintings will have to paint in combination to get these young people out of this environment by repatriating them to their countries or communities of origin and improving their situation in the camp.
“CENTCOM continues to aim to support those security forces as they work diligently in situations in the camp. However, the only viable long-term solution remains the successful repatriation, rehabilitation and reintegration of the camp’s citizens in their countries of origin.
The project to defeat ISIS will continue in 2023, as CENTCOM and its coalition partners remain committed to sustainably defeating the terrorist organization to maintain security, stability and human rights around the world.
“We are determined and, most importantly, our partners in Iraq and Syria are determined to defeat ISIS sustainably,” McFarlane said.