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Washington - The US military has flown 2 320 air strikes against Islamic State militants since 8 August at a cost of $1.83bn, hitting thousands of targets including tanks, oil infrastructure and fighting positions, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

The strikes by US forces amounted to about 80% of the total number carried out by a multinational coalition. In all, the partners have flown 2 893 air strikes, with 1 631 in Iraq and 1 262 in Syria, hitting 5 314 targets.

More than 60 countries are in the coalition against Islamic State. The United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom conduct air strikes in Iraq. The United States, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates carry them out in Syria.

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