Obama Authorizes Strikes against ISIS

Lesson Brief Al Arabiya

On August 7, U.S. President Barack Obama authorized the U.S. Air Force to carry out limited airstrikes against ISIS in northern Iraq "if necessary." In the meantime, the U.S. has begun dropping aid packages to refugee minorities in the area of Sinjar who have fled to the surrounding mountains to escape persecution and death by ISIS.

 
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