Friday, 15 August, 2014 , 03:04 AFP — Iraq's divisive premier Nuri al-Maliki dropped his bid to stay in power Thursday, bowing to huge domestic and international pressure as a jihadist-led offensive threatens to tear the country apart.
Friday, 15 August, 2014 , 01:52 AFP — EU ministers convene in Brussels on Friday in a rare summertime meeting to seek unanimous approval for the shipment of arms to Iraqi Kurds fighting Islamic State jihadists.
Thursday, 14 August, 2014 , 21:55 AFP — Britain would "favourably consider" arming Kurdish forces in their battle against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, a spokesman for the prime minister's office said on Thursday.
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.
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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.
