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Air Strikes on Jihadists at Iraq’s Mosul Dam after ‘Massacre’ of Yazidis | BREAKING NEWS - 17 AUG 2014 For more Latest and Breaking News Headlines SUBSCRIBE to https://www.youtube.com/user/ZakWorldNEWS Air strikes pounded the area around Iraq's largest dam on Saturday in an effort to drive out the jihadists who captured it earlier this month, as reports emerged of the massacre of some 80 members of the Yazidi religious minority by Islamic extremists. Residents living near the Mosul Dam told Associated Press that the area was being targeted by air strikes, but it was not immediately clear whether the attacks were being carried out by Iraq's air force or the US, which last week launched an air campaign aimed at halting the advance of the Islamic State group across the country's north. The extremist group seized the dam on the Tigris River on August 7. Residents near the dam say the air strikes killed militants, but that could not immediately be confirmed. The residents spoke on condition of anonymity out of fears for their safety. A Yazidi lawmaker and a Kurdish security official meanwhile said Islamic State fighters massacred scores of Yazidi men on Friday afternoon after seizing the village of Kocho. Both said they based their information on the accounts of survivors and warned that the minority group remains in danger despite US aid drops and air strikes launched to protect them. Islamic State fighters besieged the village for several days and gave its Yazidi residents a deadline to convert to Islam, Yazidi lawmaker Mahma Khalil said on Saturday. US launches airstrikes to help retake large Iraq dam captured by Islamic State On a Helicopter, Going Down: Inside a Lethal Crash in Iraq Parishioners pray for end to persecution of Iraq's Christians Obama: No Iraq rescue; further airdrops unlikely US confirms Iraq air strikes on Isis fighters near key Mosul dam Rebels ask for Iraq-style strikes in Syria 130 more US military advisers arrive in northern Iraq Obama adjusts Iraq narrative, now blames George W. Bush for troop withdrawal Heeding the Wisdom of Iraq's First King Congress on Board With Obama's Iraq Plans UK troops must help the Kurds, says Iraq War hero Colonel Tim Collins John Kerry insists any US moves in Iraq will not involve combat troops Iraq militants changing tactics, complicating US airstrike mission The US's Timid Third Iraq War US sends 130 more military advisers to Iraq Iraq's Yazidis Flee ISIS Militants Fatal helicopter crash in Iraq injures New York Times journalist Helicopter crashes while delivering aid to refugees in Iraq Exploiting the ISIS Vulnerabilities in Iraq Tony Abbott says Australia does not rule out military action in Iraq Obama Applauds Naming of New Prime Minister Designate in Iraq Why British people are protesting about Gaza, not Iraq Iraq Needs a New Prime Minister Iraq Crisis Deepens; US Directly Arms Kurds A Mountain of Uncertainty in Iraq Helicopter Carrying Yazidis Crashes in Iraq: Report TAGS abc breaking news, bbc, bbc football, bbc iplayer, bbc news, bbc news america, bbc persian, bbc sport, bbc weather, bbc world news, breaking celebrity news, breaking election news, breaking late news, breaking local news, breaking music news, breaking news, breaking news alerts, breaking news canada, breaking news headlines, breaking news in atlanta, breaking news in nigeria, breaking news india, breaking news pensacola florida, breaking news plane crash, breaking news story, breaking sports news, business expensive news home media world, christian world news, cnn, cnn breaking news, cnn money, cnn news, cnn news breaking news, cnn news world, detroit breaking news, global news, headline, headline news, health care technology news, hot latest global news, internet technology news, las vegas breaking news, latest breaking news, latest celebrity news, latest information technology news, latest music news, latest news, latest news headlines, latest news update, latest sports news, live breaking news, local breaking news, local news today, msn breaking news, nbc breaking news, nbc world news, news of the world, news report us world, news today news, news updated daily, solar technology news, sports news today, technology news, the latest news, today news, us news and world, us news and world report, us news and world report magazine, us news and world report web site, us news world report, world news, world news daily, world news headlines