Iraqi forces and tanks enter Baghdad neighborhoods . The U.S. carries out a new wave of airstrikes against Iraqi targets . Critics of al-Maliki have called for him to pull his name out of the running , but he 's repeatedly refused . Thousands of young Yazidi Iraqis are kidnapped and taken to Syria .
Iraqi forces and tanks enter Baghdad neighborhoods . The U.S. carries out a new wave of airstrikes against Iraqi targets . Thousands of young Yazidi Iraqis are kidnapped and taken to Syria .