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Coalition Airstrikes Target Sinjar, Iraq

US Central Command released footage on Thursday, February 26, described as showing airstrikes on Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) buildings in Sinjar, Iraq, on February 20. The Joint Task Force reported in a Facebook post that airstrikes carried out as part of Operation Inherent Resolve hit two IS tactical units and destroyed five IS buildings on February 20.

The strikes came as thousands of Iraqi troops prepared to retake the city of Mosul, which is 130km east of Sinjar, according to reports. Credit: YouTube/U.S. Central Command