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ISIS persecution of Iraqi Christians has become genocide, say religious leaders
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CENTCOM videos show airstrikes on Islamic State artillery, convoy
A towed artillery piece and two vehicles with about a dozen fighters are shown being struck by US aircraft.
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Obama: Iraq air strikes and aid drops will prevent ‘act of genocide’
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Obama Says Iraq Airstrike Effort Could Be ‘Long Term’
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US continues airstrikes on northern Iraq
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US Military Aircraft Drop Food, Water to Iraqis for Second Night
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Fear of ‘Another Benghazi’ Drove White House to Airstrikes in Iraq
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Turkey downplays Islamic State threat, but concerns grow
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The US military launched airstrikes against Islamic State convoys and mortar positions near Irbil. President Obama authorized airstrikes against the Islamic State if the group threatened the Kurdish capital or impeded humanitarian operations in the Sinjar Mountains. The Iraqi military claimed it killed 13 Islamic State fighters near Baqubah.
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US expands airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq
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US bombs Islamic State after Obama call to prevent Iraq ‘genocide’
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US Planes Start Airstrikes on Iraq Militants
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US allies pledge support for Iraq, but no military action
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US launches airstrikes in northern Iraq
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Najaf takes in Christians displaced by Islamic State
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Iraq crisis: live
US begins airstrikes against Islamic State near Irbil
“Two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece near Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region,” the US military said.
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Obama Allows Limited Airstrikes on ISIS
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The Islamic State took control of several towns outside of Mosul, including Qaraqosh, Tal Kayf, Bartella, and Karamlesh after Kurdish forces retreated. The US is considering launching airstrikes against the Islamic State or dropping supplies to refugees fleeing the fighting. Kurdish officials claimed the US launched airstrikes, but the Department of Defense denied the reports. […]
Obama authorizes limited airstrikes to protect US personnel in Irbil
President Obama was clear that the military could launch airstrikes only under specific conditions, and that the US military would not act as an offensive air force for the Iraqi military or the Kurdish Peshmerga.
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Hollande Pledges French ‘Support’ for Forces Fighting Iraq Jihadists
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Kurdish Peshmerga request US arms to battle ISIS: official
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Patriarchs decry Christian exodus, demand UN act
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Islamic State pulls down church crosses in northern Iraq as 200,000 flee
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Islamic Militants in Iraq Are Widely Loathed, Yet Action to Curb Them Is Elusive
Iraq’s largest Christian town falls to Islamic State
Qaraqosh, as well as Tal Kayf, Bartella, and Karamlesh, fell to the Islamic State after Kurdish Peshmerga abandoned the towns without a fight.
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The Iraqi military killed 60 people in an airstrike on an Islamic State sharia court in Mosul; it is unclear how many civilians were killed. Security forces claimed to have killed an Islamic State commander and eight fighters in Anbar. Insurgents killed 32 people in attacks in Baghdad and four policemen in Jurf al Sahkar.
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40,000 Iraqis stranded on Sinjar mountain after Islamic State death threats
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Saddam’s allies moved his corpse, fearful Shi’ite militias would harm it: tribal leader
Islamic State leader who defected from al Qaeda reported killed in Mosul
Abdul Rahman al Amjad al Pakistani is thought to be Abdullah al Punjabi, one of nine mid-level al Qaeda commanders to openly defect from the global jihadist group and join the Islamic State.