| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Iraq conducts first airstrikes against ISIS in Syria | | For the first time, Iraqi fighter jets carried out airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria, according to a statement Friday by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Iraq's Joint Operation Command. The Iraqi command said Friday's attacks on the Syrian border town of Abu Kamal were coordinated with the Syrian government. The airstrikes are a response to deadly car bomb attacks in Baghdad in mid-February, the statement said. |
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