Last updated at 11:51AM, August 13 2014
Britain will take part in a humanitarian mission to rescue stranded Yazidis in Iraq from the Kurdish mountains but will not fight Isis directly, David Cameron announced today.
Returning from his Portugal holiday a few hours early than expected, the prime minister rebuffed calls from senior figures in all three parties to recall parliament.
He said that the priority for Britain was to address the humanitarian crisis rather engage in a military confrontation with extremist fighters from the group Islamic State ( IS ).
more : http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/iraq/article4174975.ece
No comments:
Post a Comment