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US warplanes hit Islamic State in Iraq

The US Defence Department has said the US military has conducted an airstrike against Islamic State fighters near the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. A Pentagon statement said two F/A-18 warplanes dropped 225 kilograms of laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece which “[the Islamic State] was using … to[…]

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Obama authorises air strikes in Iraq

US President Barack Obama has authorised targeted air strikes against Sunni fighters in Iraq, saying the measure was meant to avert “genocide” in the country. “We can act, carefully and responsibly to prevent a potential act of genocide,” Obama said on Thursday, referring to the Yazidis, a religious minority group[…]

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Latest Gaza strike kills 6

Israeli air strikes on Friday killed six Palestinians, including one attack on the home of a supposed fighter , medical sources said. Five Palestinians, including a woman and seven-year-old child, died when the man’s  house in Rafah in southern Gaza was hit, and 15 other people were wounded, Gaza emergency[…]

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