Western warplanes on Sunday dropped desperately needed aid to the thousands of civilians trapped in an Iraqi Shiite town under blockade by jihadists. The aid drops came alongside US air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the terrorist group which controls areas of northern and western Iraq. On Saturday, the US military launched fresh air strikes on ISIS forces near Iraq’s largest dam, north of the militant-held northern city of Mosul. The Pentagon said the US air strikes will be “limited in scope” to support the humanitarian assistance operation. The air strikes were the furthest south that US forces have intervened in Iraq, barring reconnaissance flights, since their withdrawal in December 2011.
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