Syrian warplanes carried out airstrikes in western Iraq, stepping up the military role of the U.S. adversary in helping Baghdads Shiite-dominated government fight Sunni insurgents. The strikes on Tuesday came as the Pentagon announced that the first 130 members of a potential 300 U.S. military advisers were in place in Baghdad to start assessing and improving the Iraqi armys ability to counter the gains of rebels led by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. At least 50 people were killed and more than 132 others wounded Tuesday when missiles fired from what appeared to be Syrian government planes hit a municipal building, a market and a bank in the district of Al Rutba.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:34:50 +0000