The FAA announced a ban on Friday for U.S. flights over Iraq. The Notice-to-Airmen extends to all U.S air carriers and commercial operators. "Due to the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict between militants associated with the Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant and Iraqi security forces and their allies, all flight operations in the Baghdad flight information region...are prohibited until further advised." Earlier on Friday, President Barack Obama ordered airstrikes against ISIS militants in the area. On July 31st the FAA had banned air travel over Iraq below 30,000 feet, superseding a previous ban on flight below 20,000 feet.
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