In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, an F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, as the U.S. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria © AP Photo/ U.S. Air Force via AP

US-Led Coalition Against Daesh Launches 18 Airstrikes in Syria, Iraq

The
politician stated that he demanded “the [Iraqi] prime minister
to conduct an investigation into the airstrike against the 55 brigade,
which had previously had huge success in the fight against Daesh
terrorists.”
Daesh
(ISIL, ISIS), the international terrorist organization, is in control
of vast territories in Iraq and Syria. A number of ISIL cells,
with local insurgent groups pledging allegiance, are also known
to operate in Libya, Yemen and other territories across the Middle East
and North Africa.
Baghdad will go to court over a US airstrike, head of the Iraqi
parliament’s security and defense committee Hakim Zamili told Sputnik
following the incident.

According to the lawmaker, the number of casualties may increase.
“The number of victims may increase, many were seriously injured and have not yet been taken to hospitals,” Zamili added.

Meanwhile, Pentagon has denied alleations.
Claims of a US airstrike killing more than 20 Iraqi soldiers are not
accurate, US Defense Department spokesman Maj. Roger Cabiness told
Sputnik on Friday.