US Coalition Destroys IS Targets Near Sinjar

The U.S.-led coalition continued its air assault Monday near Iraq's Mount Sinjar, a day after Kurdish peshmerga fighters broke an Islamic State siege of the area. The Combined Joint Task Force said the U.S.-led coalition conducted 12 airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria on Monday and 10 strikes in Iraq. Three of the airstrikes hit several units of IS fighters and destroyed militant vehicles and buildings. In Iraq, the strikes hit near the strategic northern Iraqi...

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