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Smoke rises from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the US-led coalition air strikes against the Islamic State targets near Mursitpinar border crossing on Friday in Suruc, Turkey. Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images

The US and its coalition partners have launched another round of air strikes against Islamic State (Isis) militants in Iraq and Syria, conducting 26 strikes since early on Friday.

In a statement released on Saturday from the Combined Joint Task Force leading the military operation, officials said 13 strikes hit in Syria and also 13 hit in Iraq.

In Syria, 12 air strikes targeted Isis positions near Kobani. In Iraq, five strikes hit near Mosul and five near Tal Afar, the statement said.

US Central Command later said that of the strikes near Kobani, a town on the Turkish border which has been contested for months, 12 airstrikes struck eight Isis tactical units and a large Isis unit and destroyed an Isis vehicle, an Isis building, and eight Isis fighting positions.

The other strike in Syria was near al-Hasakah, Central Command said, and destroyed an Isis mobile oil drilling rig.

Central Command also detailed targets hit in Iraq, which it said included Isis weapons production facilities, units, roads and vehicles.

All aircraft returned to base safely.

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Strikes against Isis began in Iraq on 8 August and Syria on 23 September, and have been carried out by a multinational coalition, including Arab countries and under US leadership.

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