Planes bomb Islamic State fighters near Mosul dam

Air strikes by American fighter aircraft and drones have targeted Islamic State (IS) fighters near north Iraq’s vital Mosul dam. The Islamic State group seized the dam on the Tigris River on August 7th as part of their offensive which has seized large parts of Iraq. The residents near the dam say the airstrikes killed a number of militants, but that could not be confirmed.

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