ISLAMIC STATE CRISIS: ARAB STATES JOIN US FIGHT (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Thursday, September 11, 2014, 21:24

Ten Arab countries have agreed to help the US in its fight against the jihadist group, Islamic State (IS).

After talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jeddah, they pledged to provide military support and humanitarian aid, and to halt the flow of funds and foreign fighters to IS.

Mr Kerry told the BBC they were "full-throatedly ready" to combat the group.

However, Russia warned the US against expanding its campaign of air strikes from Iraq into neighbouring Syria.

The Russian foreign ministry said any such action, without the backing of the UN Security Council, would be "an act of aggression" and a "gross violation" of international law.

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