Radio Free Iraq reports:
Iraqi legal expert Tariq Harb says no new agreement is required for U.S. airstrikes in Anbar province as the Iraq-U.S. strategic framework agreement covers such operations.
Chairman of the Anbar provincial council, Sabah Karhout, says the Americans are in principle willing to help Iraqi security forces fight IS militants in the province. Karhout says the U.S. military is already carrying out air surveillance missions.
EU supports weapons deliveries to Kurds
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says EU foreign ministers gave their support for arms deliveries to Kurdish authorities in Iraq during emergency talks in Brussels.
Steinmeier is quoted by dpa as saying, “The EU welcomes that individual countries will respond positively to requests by the security forces of the Kurdish government for support."
He added that some EU states will not deliver arms, due to legal restraints or limited capacities. Steinmeier said that "eastern" member states were likely to supply equipment such as ammunition.
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