US Strikes Militants Near Key Mosul Dam in Iraq

For the second straight day, U.S. military forces have carried out airstrikes to support Kurdish fighters as they try to wrest control of a strategic dam in northern Iraq from Islamic State militants. U.S. defense officials said Sunday's 14 raids destroyed or damaged armed vehicles, armored personnel carriers and an Islamic State checkpoint. The U.S. said it used a mix of fighter jets, bombers and unmanned drones in conducting the latest attacks, on top of nine others it carried out...

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