President Barack Obama said this morning that the air strikes continue against jihadists in Iraq "if needed" in order to protect diplomatic and military advisers.
The president said he authorized the bombing in Iraq to protect American personnel located in the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. "And, if necessary, we will continue to do so," he said.
The president also gave his endorsement for a "humanitarian effort" in order to help the displaced civilians in the Sinjar mountains before the advance of the jihadists.
Thousands of Yazidis, one kurdohablante minority, fled their homes when the jihadist group Islamic State (EI) Kurdish forces wrested control of the Iraqi city of Sinjar (west).
"The thousands - perhaps tens of thousands -., Male Iraqi women and children fled to the mountain are dying of hunger and thirst Food and water airdropped will help them survive." Obama said.
Yesterday, the Pentagon announced that the United States made a new release of food and water to populations in northern Iraq. "I have also authorized the airstrikes aimed to help the Iraqis break the siege and rescue these families," Obama said.
In the last hours, American forces launched new air strikes against the Islamic state in northern Iraq, which allowed "to eliminate terrorists," according to the Pentagon. It is the first time the United States has engaged in Iraq since it withdrew its troops in 2011.
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