US planes and a drone struck ISIL targets around the Kurdish capital of Irbil on Sunday, while the Peshmerga took back two towns on Irbil's periphery. It marked the third round of air strikes on ISIL by US planes flyiing off the carrier George H.W. Bush. The US also air dropped more supplies to the Yazidis trapped on a mountain. The UN says that 60 children have died on the mountain and that the humanitarian effort is not enough. CNN: In five hours the military struck five targets, including armed vehicles and a mortar position, U.S. Central Command said. The strikes began at 9:15 a.m. local time (2:15 a.m. ET), the military said. "All aircraft exited the strikes areas safely," Central Command said in a statement. Meanwhile, Kurdish forces recaptured two towns from ISIS, a senior Kurdish official said. "Mahmour and Gweyr are in Kurdish hands," Qubad Talabani, deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government told CNN on Sunday....(Read Full Post)