On board the US aircraft carrier that halted ISIS at Kurdistan’s gates

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On board the US aircraft carrier that halted ISIS at Kurdistan’s gates
By Ayub Nuri

Middle East
On board the US aircraft carrier that halted ISIS at Kurdistan’s gates
By Ayub Nuri 1 hour ago
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Fighter jets taking off from USS George H.W. Bush have been crucial in the fight against ISIS in the last two and a half years. 

The weapons of this aircraft carrier have played a major role in bringing ISIS to its current weak state in both Iraq and Syria.
 

Many Kurds are familiar with this ship because it was from here that fighter jets took off to bomb ISIS in the summer of 2014 when its militants were knocking on the gates of the Kurdistan Region.

ISIS has been pushed back in Iraq and its capabilities shrunk. But the aircraft carrier and its staff are determined to stay around until that group has been completely destroyed.

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