buildings are flattened by recent air raids in iraq's mosul abiggest city, base missile strike. -- the jihadists lost millions of dollars. 21 coalition airstrikes also destroyed oil facilities near ramadi and a cache of weapons. the us-led coalition began bombing iraq and syria in late summer of 2014. since then they have launched over 6000 airstrikes in iraq and over 3000 in syria. the main cities targeted are ramadi.d baiji and france has stepped up its efforts, contributed to 20% of airstrikes. u.s. officials said last week that coalition airstrikes killed eight civilians in 2015, but air wars, a collective of independent journalists tracking the number of airstrikes and casualties, say that hundreds of people have died. military commanders are talking of a new phase with an emphasis on targeting infrastructure and supply lines. with a greater focus on syria. the islamic state group says two of the jihadists behind the paris attacks in november last year came from iraq. a photo in the latest issue of the group's english-language propaganda magazine identifies two iraqi men alongside