On Wednesday, U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day , but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded.
Iraqi capital says the air strikes followed clashes with IS militants, Ameriyat al-Falluja, 40km (25 miles) from Baghdad, is a key strategic town.
It is clear US-led coalition continues to carry out air strikes on IS targets in Syria and Iraq.
Area is calm around Ameriyat al-Falluja , but there is a standoff along the main road to Fallujah to the north, which is controlled by IS.
Area is calm around Ameriyat al-Falluja , but there is a standoff along the main road to Fallujah to the north, which is controlled by IS.
President Obama candidly said US had "underestimated" the threat of IS.He also said a political solution - one that would arise out of an accommodation between Sunni and Shia populations was key to defeating the jihadists.
Pentagon said US airstrikes in night targeted other IS positions in Anbar province which is 80km from Baghdad.
The Pentagon said the attacks were "successful", though the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), which monitors the conflict in Syria, said mostly civilians were hit.
According to SOHR strikes on night targeted the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqa, Hassakeh and Deir al-Zour, hitting a grain silo, or storage container, also the country's biggest gas plant
The Strikes in the town of Manbij in Aleppo province appeared to have only killed civilians, not fighters, said Rami Abdulrahman who heads the organisation.
"These were workers at the silos. They provide food for the people," he said, adding that the number and information was impossible to verify.
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