Monday Matters #1

U.S. Launches New Airstrikes on ISIS to Protect Dam in Iraq

       Over the past few weeks, ISIS militants have been making progress in seizing an important dam on the Euphrates River. As a result the US military has launch airstrikes in an attempt to stop this action. The objective was to prevent ISIS from unleashing floodwaters into Baghdad. The strikes were fired 175 miles from the capital, near the Haditha Dam.
       In other news, the US military has been working with the Iraqi military as the Syria, Iraq border has been disappearing as the Syrian military has been launching airstrikes. These actions were directed towards ISIS, due to ISIS's recent seize of Syrian military outposts. However, the recent raids killed at least 25 people, most of which being civilians.