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Iraqi air force targets IS sites in Syria ahead of elections

Despite earlier opposition to any Iraqi military intervention in Syria, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered the air force to strike Islamic State sites in Syria for the second time this year.
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BAGHDAD — As Iraq prepares for general elections May 12, the Iraqi air force has carried out airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) sites inside Syria — the second operation of its kind this year.

A May 5 post on Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's official Facebook page announced, “Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces Haider al-Abadi has ordered the heroes of the Iraqi air force to strike a site for IS leaders in the south of Dashisha in Syrian territory.”

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