CENTCOM has released videos of recent coalition air strikes in Iraq The air strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation aimed at eliminating the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, the middle east region, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist organization's ability to inflict terror and conduct operations. Australia among coalition nations which conducted airstrikes in Iraq.