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Sorry - this page has been removed. US-led task force launches 34 air strikes against Isis in Iraq and Syria
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This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. The US and its allies have carried out 26 air strikes in Iraq and eight in Syria since Saturday in continued attacks on Islamic State (Isis) targets, the US military said on Sunday.
The bulk of the strikes were near the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, while in Syria most of the strikes were near Kobani, where Kurdish forces have driven out Isis militants, said a statement by the US Combined Joint Task Force which is leading the operation.
For further information, please contact: Isis fighters withdrew from Kobani, which has been fought over for five months, on Saturday.
Also on Saturday, it appeared that Isis militants had killed a second Japanese hostage, the journalist Kenji Goto.
A Jordanian pilot, Muath al-Kasasbeh – the only coalition pilot to have been captured by Isis since strikes began in Iraq in early August – was due to be swapped in return for the release of an Iraqi militant.