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U.S. Airstrikes and Aid for Iraq City Under Siege by ISIS

The Pentagon said humanitarian drops were made over the city of Amirli, where Islamic State fighters have cut off access to the Iraqi city.
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The Pentagon says the U.S. military has conducted airstrikes and dropped humanitarian aid to the beleaguered Iraqi city of Amirli, where thousands of Shiite Turkomen have been cut off from food and water for nearly two months by Islamic State militants.

The Pentagon's press secretary, Rear Adm. John Kirby, says aircraft from Australia, France and Britain joined the U.S. in the aid drop. Kirby says the aid came at the request of the Iraqi government.

Kirby says the U.S. military conducted the airstrikes against Islamic State militants in order to support the aid delivery. He said the operations will be limited in scope and duration as needed to address the humanitarian crisis in Amirli and protect the civilians trapped in the town.

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— The Associated Press