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US Air Forces Attack IS Militants Near Mosul in Iraq

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US military on Sunday conducted airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) insurgents, formerly known as ISIS or ISIL, near the Iraqi’s largest dam, located near the northern city of Mosul, according to United States Central Command website.

MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosri) – US military on Sunday conducted airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) insurgents, formerly known as ISIS or ISIL, near the Iraqi’s largest dam, located near the northern city of Mosul, according to United States Central Command website.

“The strikes destroyed three ISIL armed vehicles, an ISIL vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft artillery gun, an ISIL checkpoint and an IED emplacement,” the US Central Command said. All strike aircraft exited the strike area safely.

Earlier on Sunday, Reuters reported that US President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes on IS militants in order to help to retake control over the Mosul Dam. It was also reported that Kurdish forces, backing by US airstrikes, almost gained control of the Mosul dam, less than two weeks after it was captured by the IS group.

The US military has earlier conducted nine airstrikes against IS insurgents near the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Erbil. The strikes destroyed or damaged four armored personnel carriers, seven armed vehicles, two Humvees and an armored vehicle, according to US Central Command.

The Sunni group Islamic State, previously fighting in Syria, seized large parts of Iraq in early June, ratcheting up tensions in the region. In late June, the Islamic State announced the establishment of a caliphate on the territories it had captured in Iraq and Syria.

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