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Massive security deployment around Baghdad ‘green zone’: officials
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US airstrikes against Islamic State continue in northern Iraq
The US launched four airstrikes on Aug. 9 and five more on Aug. 10 against the Islamic State in the Sinjar area, where the Yazidi minority is facing a humanitarian crisis, and near Irbil.
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US air support helps Kurdish forces expel Islamic State fighters from two Iraqi towns
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Exclusive: Iraq says Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive
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As ISIS Militants Exert Their Control, US Pursues a Military Middle Road
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Iraq Kurds say oil production unaffected by ISIL incursion
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Kurdish pleas for US weapons may finally be heard
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Videos show US airstrikes targeting ISIS in north Iraq
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US aids displaced Iraqis as airstrikes help Kurds
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ISIS persecution of Iraqi Christians has become genocide, say religious leaders
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