Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 22:43 AFP — President Barack Obama on Monday pulled the plug on US support for Iraq's controversial Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as Washington rushed arms to Kurds trying to hold back rampaging extremists.

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 20:14 AFP — The United States has begun urgently shipping weapons to the Iraqi Kurdish forces battling an advance by extremist Islamic State militants, the State Department said Monday.

Monday, 11 August, 2014 , 17:27 AFP — Iraq moved closer to turning the page on Nuri al-Maliki's controversial reign Monday when his own clan spurned him for another prime minister to save the country from breakup.

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.

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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.