U.S. Hits Militants With Multiple Airstrikes on Iraq

U.S. aircraft hit Islamic State militants in multiple airstrikes yesterday at the start of a sustained campaign to protect American personnel and prevent the massacre of ethnic and religious minorities in northern Iraq.

Jets and drones bombed an artillery installation, mortar positions and a militant convoy in three separate missions near Erbil, the Kurdish regional capital where the U.S. has diplomatic staff and an operations center where American military personnel are advising Iraqi forces.