The Military Campaign Against The Islamic State -- News Updates September 26, 2014

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Blitzed: A graphic showing some of the most recent US/Arab air strikes carried out in Syria and Iraq

ISIS Flee The Bombers By BIKE: Fanatics Have Ditched Weapons And Vehicles And Are Traveling Alone To Avoid Being Blasted From The Air -- Daily Mail

* Jihadists are also erecting flags on empty buildings to create confusion

* U.S.-led strikes hit oil fields and other facilities in Deir el-Zour province

* Raids also targeted Islamic State headquarters in the town of Mayadeen

* Comes as Cameron makes case for strikes in Iraq ahead of crunch vote



Islamic State militants are changing tactics in the face of U.S.-led air strikes in Iraq by ditching conspicuous convoys in favour of motorcycles.



The jihadists have also taken to erecting their notorious black flag on the rooftops of residential houses and buildings, many of them empty, to create confusion about their actual presence.



Tribal sources and eyewitnesses have reported fewer militant checkpoints to weed out 'apostates' and less cell phone use since the air strikes intensified and more U.S. allies pledged to join the campaign that began in August.



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The Military Campaign Against The Islamic State -- News Updates September 26, 2014

US Airstrikes Hit 10 IS Targets in Syria, Iraq -- VOA

US air strikes in Syria 'destroy IS tanks' -- BBC

Islamic State tanks destroyed in eastern Syria, US military says -- The Guardian

Pentagon: US averaging 5 strikes per day on ISIS -- The Hill

Pentagon: No 'Credible' Evidence Civilians Killed -- AP

US Air Raids Kill IS Fighters, Hit Oil Installations to Choke Funds -- Rudaw

US, Allies Strike 12 IS-Controlled Oil Refineries in Syria: Pentagon -- RIA Novosti

More ISIL sites in Syria hit by US air raids -- Al Jazeera

France carries out fresh round of air strikes in Iraq -- Al Arabiya

France Launches Fresh Iraq Strikes as Country Mourns Hostage -- Defense News

France considers joining Syria airstrikes -- Washington Post

France considers expanding air strikes to Syria -- The Telegraph

France's Syria intervention policy could evolve over time: minister -- Reuters

US-led strikes hit IS group as coalition grows -- Washington Post

Islamic State: US-led coalition hammers oil targets as it awaits new members -- CSM

Behind Islamic State's Battlefield Gains, Battle-Hardened Chechens -- VOA

U.S.-led strikes pressure al Qaeda's Syria group to join with Islamic State -- Reuters

Wary of air strikes, Islamic State insurgents change tactics -- Reuters

New recruits join Islamic State in Syria's Aleppo: monitor -- Reuters

Iraq and Syria: Who are the foreign fighters? -- BBC

Raptors, reapers & rockets: What US & Co use against ISIS -- RT