U.S. reportedly carries out airstrikes near ISIS-controlled Mosul Dam

U.S. reportedly carries out airstrikes near ISIS-controlled Mosul Dam
(Image credit: AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Citing eyewitness accounts, a Kurdish news agency reported that U.S. warplanes conducted airstrikes early this morning near the ISIS-controlled Mosul Dam.

The Mosul Dam is Iraq's largest hydroelectric dam, and ISIS gained control of it earlier this month.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.