Tag: Airstrikes

A U.S F-18 fighter refuels over Iraq. As of March 10, 2015 (date of this photo) U.S. planes have handled 80 percent of the campaigns's airstrikes. (AP Photo/Razan Alzayani)

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U.S. Central Command: Islamic State’s capabilities dwindling

Tara Copp · April 17, 2015 7:35 pm

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U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State at a glance

Tara Copp · April 15, 2015 9:00 am

Why aren’t we hitting the Islamic State harder?

Byron York · April 6, 2015 10:16 pm

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers arrive at a hospital to escort the bodies of the attackers to be put on public view, in Garissa, Kenya Saturday, April 4, 2015. Authorities displayed the bodies of the alleged attackers involved in the killings at Garissa University College on the bed of a pickup truck that drove slowly past the crowd gathered in a large open area. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Kenyan army bombs al Shabab camps after terror attack on college

Kelly Cohen · April 6, 2015 11:36 am

FILE - In this Thursday, March 26, 2015 file photo, an Iraqi military helicopter attacks Islamic State group positions during clashes in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi troops started the final phase of an offensive to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Thursday, a military official said, just hours after the United States launched airstrikes on the Islamic State held city. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

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Pentagon denies killing two Iranians during Tikrit airstrikes

Tara Copp · March 30, 2015 7:00 pm

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Bashar Assad: Even with airstrikes, Islamic State has expanded

Kelly Cohen · March 30, 2015 11:50 am

Smoke rises from central Tikrit as Iraqi security forces attack Islamic State extremist positions in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 28, 2015. Â (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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18 airstrikes hit Islamic State targets

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 8:35 pm

U.S. and coalition aircrafts have hit Islamic State targets in Tikrit about 20 times in the last two days. (AP Photo)Â

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Iraqis return to fight in Tikrit

Tara Copp · March 27, 2015 5:15 pm

In this file photo taken Sunday, March 15, 2015, Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite militiamen clash with Islamic State fighters at the frontline in the Qadisiyah neighborhood in Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

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Iranian-backed militias move out of Tikrit ahead of U.S. airstrikes

Tara Copp · March 26, 2015 5:22 pm

Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group called Imam Ali Brigades launch rockets against Islamic State extremist positions during clashes in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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U.S. jumps into fight for Tikrit

Charles Hoskinson · March 25, 2015 9:50 pm

"Everybody's denying any knowledge. Everybody says, I don't know what happened," Graham said. "What kind of outfit are we running?" (Bloomberg File Photo)

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McCain, Graham press Pentagon about Jordan leak

Tara Copp · February 26, 2015 8:52 pm

The last American hostage being held by the Islamic State is dead. (AP Photo)

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Islamic State claims Jordanian airstrike killed American hostage

Kelly Cohen · February 6, 2015 5:43 pm