A U.S.-led coalition carried out 12 air strikes against ISIS militants in Iraq and one in Syria on Monday, a U.S. military statement said. Twelve air strikes in Iraq were concentrated near Sinjar, Kisik and Ramadi, a Sunni city in western Iraq that was captured by ISIS in May, said the statement on Tuesday. In Syria, an attack by a fighter plane destroyed an Islamic State mortar system near Mar'a, it said. It was the first coalition air strike against the militant group in Syria reported since Thursday,Reuters reported .
