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Airstrike in Iraq

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter moves into position while firing into Baretle village (background), which is controlled by the Islamic State, in Khazir, on the edge of Mosul September 8, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/AHMED JADALLAH

The French military conducted airstrikes against  the Islamic State militants in Iraq.

Two French military jets bomb a depot and a military base used by the ISIS as a fort.

More than 20 Islamic militants were said to have been killed in the said airstrike.
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