Iraq

The Islamic State killed 42 Iraqis in bombings in Baghdad and Kirkuk. In Baghdad, a suicide bomber targeted an intelligence headquarters; in Kirkuk three bombs were detonated at a market. The Iraqi military claimed it killed several “key” islamic State leaders in airstrikes in Mashada and 12 more fighters near Tikrit. The US launched an airstrike near the Mosul Dam.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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