Mr Hammond will meet foreign ministers, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, in Paris later to discuss the international response to IS, which controls large parts of northern Iraq and Syria. About 40 countries have signed up to a coalition to help fight the militants group, while US officials say several Arab countries have offered to take part in air strikes against IS militants in Iraq. The summit is expected to focus on US plans to weaken the militant group by offering military support for Iraq, together with plans to stop foreign fighters joining the group and cutting its funding streams. It comes as US air strikes have targeted IS militants in Iraq in recent weeks. The UK has not been involved in the air strikes but has flown surveillance missions and donated heavy machine guns and ammunition to authorities in Iraq to help fight IS.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:04:06 +0000
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