US unleashes new round of airstrikes as Kurds advance against ISIS

August 10, 2014 20:51

The U.S. military carried out a new series of airstrikes Sunday against ISIS targets in Iraq, marking the heaviest flurry of activity since the operations began. In five hours the military struck five targets, including armed vehicles and a mortar position, U.S. Central Command said.

The strikes began at 9:15 a.m. local time (2:15 a.m. ET), the military said. "All aircraft exited the strikes areas safely," Central Command said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Kurdish forces recaptured two towns from ISIS, a senior Kurdish official said. "Mahmour and Gweyr are in Kurdish hands," Qubad Talabani, deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government told CNN on Sunday. The Islamist militant group had seized the towns Wednesday on a march toward Irbil. ISIS fighters have carried out slaughter in parts of Iraq and Syria, where they claim an Islamic caliphate. The group has driven tens of thousands of Yazidis into nearby mountains.

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