This image provided by the U.S. Defense Department shows pallets of bottled water are loaded aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in preparation for a humanitarian airdrop over Iraq Aug. 8, 2014.
Washington:
France and Britain have agreed to support US humanitarian efforts to help tens of thousands of civilians besieged by militants on a mountain in Iraq, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
"Both leaders expressed strong support for actions and agreed to join us in providing humanitarian assistance to Iraqis suffering so much," Obama told reporters at the White House after speaking by telephone with British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande.
"Both leaders expressed strong support for actions and agreed to join us in providing humanitarian assistance to Iraqis suffering so much," Obama told reporters at the White House after speaking by telephone with British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande.
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