The United States and its military coalition partners conducted 27 airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, the Combined Joint Task Force said. In Iraq, the U.S.-led coalition staged 25 airstrikes near eight cities. Concentrated near Mosul, Qayyarah, and Sultan Abdallah, the strikes hit nine Daesh tactical units as well as multiple fighting positions and a communications facility, the taskforce said in a statement Thursday. In Syria, two airstrikes near Al Hawl and Mar'a hit two Daesh tactical units and destroyed a vehicle and three fighting positions, the statement said.