Possibility of air strikes remains
- ISIS is a group of Sunni Muslim extremists in Iraq.
- They have military weapons stolen from Iraqi forces.
- Over the weekend, ISIS overran a town full of Christians, Shiite Muslims, Turkmen, and other religious minorities.
- The townspeople fled their homes to avoid being killed.
- Thousands of people are hiding in the mountains around their former homes.
- Dozens of children have died of thirst.
- US planes bearing humanitarian aid are in the air.