US airstrike Kills Seven Civilians in Iraq

KABUL: (Middle East Press) at least seven civilians, including children, were killed by US air strike in northern Iraq, sources said.

The attack targeted an eastern neighborhood in the city of Mosul on Friday night as part of the US-led military campaign against the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, according to Iraqi sources.

The Pentagon said on Friday that 10 airstrikes were launched in Iraq and Syria targeting ISIL on Thursday and Friday, destroying several tanks, armed vehicles and insurgent bases.

In Iraq, the US military said it knocked down a guard shack and three four-wheel drive military vehicles as well as a checkpoint and command and control node belonging to ISIL. There were also three strikes on ISIL targets in eastern Syria.