U.S. aircraft on Wednesday launched bombing raids to support Iraqi forces to recapture Tikrit from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), after Baghdad issued a request for air power, U.S. officials said, according to Agence France Presse.
“I can confirm that the government of Iraq has requested coalition support for operations in Tikrit,” Pentagon spokesman Col. Steven Warren said in a statement.
“Operations are ongoing,” Warren said.
An Associated Press correspondent in Tikrit reported hearing warplanes overhead late Wednesday, followed by multiple explosions.
نستخدم ملفات الكوكيز لنسهل عليك استخدام مواقعنا الإلكترونية ونكيف المحتوى والإعلانات وفقا لمتطلباتك واحتياجاتك الخاصة، لتوفير ميزات وسائل التواصل الاجتماعية ولتحليل حركة المرور لدينا...اعرف أكثر
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