The U.S. led coalition fighting the Islamic State bombed the terrorist organization 25 times on July 3.

The strikes spanned Iraq and Syria and consisted of “85 engagements”, with the strikes coming amid “two large scale U.S. backed pushes in both countries”.

The U.S. is in the last phase of backing up the Iraqi Security Force’s military push to take Mosul. ISIS held onto the city totally uncontested for almost two years and routinely used human shields and suicide bombs to repel attacks.

The Daily Caller reports: