Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 14:13 AFP — The United States has begun urgently shipping weapons to the Iraqi Kurdish forces battling an advance by extremist Islamic State militants, a State Department spokeswoman said Monday.

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 12:50 AFP — The United States has begun urgently shipping arms and ammunition to the Iraqi Kurdish forces battling an advance by extremist Islamic State militants, a State Department spokeswoman said Monday.

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 12:28 AFP —

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 11:38 AFP — French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Monday called on the European Union to "mobilise" to respond to appeals from Iraq's Kurds for arms to fight Islamic State jihadists.

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 11:00 AFP — French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Monday called on the European Union to "mobilise" to respond to appeals from Iraqi Kurds for arms to fight Islamic State jihadists.

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 09:57 AFP — Iraqi Kurds are "being armed by various sources" in the fight against Islamic State jihadists, a US State Department official said Monday.

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 09:33 AFP — Jihadist fighters on Monday defeated Kurdish peshmerga troops in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Jalawla, killing at least 10 in a fierce two-day battle, security sources said.

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 09:28 AFP — Iraqi Kurds are "being armed by various sources", a US State Department official said Monday, in the fight against Islamic State jihadists.

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 09:26 AFP —

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 09:16 AFP — Italy has requested a meeting of European foreign ministers on Iraq and is pushing to give Iraq's Kurds military support, the foreign minister said Monday.