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Turkish Airlines suspends flights to Irbil following US airstrikes

By Staff The Associated Press

Posted August 8, 2014 11:50 am

Updated August 8, 2014 11:56 am

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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2005 file photo, a Yazidi man an his donkey walk along a road on Mount Sinjar, 250 miles (404 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 welcomed the U.S. airlift of emergency aid to thousands of people who fled to the mountains to escape Islamic extremists and called for greater intervention, as U.S. warplanes struck the militants for the first time. AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg, File

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish Airlines says it has suspended flights to the Iraqi city of Irbil until further notice.

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The company said Friday it halted flights for security reasons after U.S. jets dropped bombs on Islamic militants who were towing artillery outside of the Kurdish regional capital, near U.S. personnel.

ANALYSIS: Iraq upheaval threatens Obama legacy

Turkish Airlines’ flights to other Iraqi cities are not immediately affected.

The airstrikes targeted the extremist Islamic State group, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq.

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