The president of the United States of America Barack Obama formally notified Congress today that he approved  targeted airstrikes in northern Iraq, in order to be able to deliver humanitarian aid to Amerli, which is besieged by jihadists organization of the Islamic State.
Iraqi security forces, with the support of Shiite militias broke yesterday Sunday the two-month siege of Amerli from IR and managed to get into it after the raids of US Air Force against the positions of the IR fighters near the town. Also, the American aircraft BAC dropped supplies to civilians trapped in the city.

The President of the United States must notify the federal American Congress for military action.

” According to the spokesman of the National Security Council of the American Presidency, Caitlin Hayden: “The operation is consistent with military missions which have been reported to date in Iraq, to protect personnel and facilities in the USA and to address the humanitarian situation on the ground