Thursday, 14 August, 2014 , 21:33 AFP — Britain would "favourably consider" arming Kurdish forces fighting extremists in Iraq, a spokesman for the prime minister's office said on Thursday.

Thursday, 14 August, 2014 , 21:29 AFP —

Thursday, 14 August, 2014 , 18:59 AFP — Germany will send four planes with humanitarian aid to Kurds in northern Iraq on Friday, the Ministry of Defence said, while France said it would boost support to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants.

Wednesday, 13 August, 2014 , 21:49 AFP — An international plan is under way to rescue civilians trapped by Islamic State (IS) fighters on a mountain in northern Iraq, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 13 August, 2014 , 21:38 AFP — US military advisors were headed for Iraq's Mount Sinjar to study means of evacuating thousands of civilians trapped by jihadists with little food or water, a Kurdish spokesman said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 13 August, 2014 , 20:30 AFP — US military advisors in Iraq are headed for Mount Sinjar to study means of evacuating civilians who have been trapped there by jihadists, a spokesman for the Kurdish peshmerga forces said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 13 August, 2014 , 20:10 AFP — France said Wednesday it will deliver sophisticated weapons "in the coming hours" to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic extremists in Iraq.

Wednesday, 13 August, 2014 , 19:50 AFP — US military advisors in Iraq are headed for Mount Sinjar to study means of evacuating civilians who have been trapped there by jihadists, a spokesman for the Kurdish peshmerga forces said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 13 August, 2014 , 19:42 AFP —

Wednesday, 13 August, 2014 , 11:37 AFP — France will deliver weapons to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic extremists in Iraq, President Francois Hollande announced on Wednesday.