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US and international coalition forces have conducted 18 airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria over the past three days, continuing an air campaign to push the terrorist group back, the US Central Command reports, according to Sputnik.

“US and partner nation military forces continued to attack ISIL [IS] terrorists in Syria December 13-15 using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct nine airstrikes,” the US Central Command, which oversees military operation in Iraq and Syria, said in a statement Monday.

“Separately, US and partner nation military forces conducted nine airstrikes in Iraq December 13-15 using fighter, bomber, attack, and remotely-piloted aircraft against the ISIL terrorists,” the statement added, saying that the airstrikes hit IS fighting positions, stage points, vehicles and compounds.

According to the US Central Command, eight of the strikes in Syria targeted the besieged Kurdish city of Kobane, where Syrian Kurdish fighters have stalled IS advances in a battle that has been raging for nearly three months.