Isis under airstrikes – a guide in maps

# Foreign policy

# Iraq

# Islamic State

# Middle East and north Africa

# Syria

# US foreign policy

US-led airstrikes against Isis began in August 2014, following the group’s dramatic surge into northern Iraq

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