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New air strikes against ISIS

The United States has taken new air strikes against militants in northern Iraq ISIS has announced the Pentagon.

Four fighter planes without pilots and planes attacked a convoy of seven vehicles near the city of Irbil.

Air strikes in Iraq began in the early hours on Friday, after the authorization granted by President Obama, who expressed his determination to fight militants who are put at risk thousands of people in northern Iraq.

After taking control of the city Qaraqosh ISIS, which is the largest city of the Christians in Iraq, members of the Yazidi minority were forced to leave their homes and take refuge in the mountains. According to American officials, the militants have controlled the largest dam in Iraq, which is vital, as controls the level of the river Tigris, and is a major source of water and electricity production for the Iraqi people.

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