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The US and its allies staged 29 air strikes on Islamic State (Isis) targets in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement released on Thursday.

The action in Syria included 17 strikes near the cities of Al Raqqah and Dayr az Zawr and the town of Kobani on the border with Turkey, which has been under siege. A variety of Isis buildings, fighting positions and units were hit.

In Iraq, 12 strikes targeted Isis buildings, fighting positions and units near the cities of Mosul, Fallujah and Sinjar.

Fighters, bombs and remotely controlled aircraft were used against Isis, which has taken parts of Syria and Iraq in a bloody campaign to establish an Islamic caliphate.

Strikes in Iraq began on 8 August, and strikes in Syria began on 23 September.

Last week, Isis captured a Jordanian pilot whose plane came down in Syria. On Tuesday, it published what it said was an interview with the man. Jordan is one of several Arab countries taking part in the coalition effort against Isis.