Iraq’s prime minister calls for more intelligence and more action from international allies against Islamic State extremists.
Haider al-Abadi says the flow of foreign fighters across the border into Iraq has not slowed, and the radical Sunni group now is majority foreign. A year ago, he said, it was 60 percent Iraqi.
Tuesday’s meeting in Paris of Iraq and international allies, including the United States and France but not Russia, Iran or Syria, comes after IS conquered both the Iraqi city of Ramadi and the historic Syrian city of Palmyra.
More than 4,100 airstrikes by the US-led coalition have failed to stem gains by Islamic State radicals. France and the US have pushed al-Abadi’s government to open to Sunnis.
No sharp change in strategy is expected to be announced.
— AP
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