Britain ready to supply weapons directly to Kurdish forces in Iraq

Britain is prepared to supply weapons directly to Kurdish forces fighting jihadists from the Islamic State (Isis) in northern Iraq, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have agreed at an emergency Cobra meeting.

In a significant intensification of British involvement in the Iraq crisis, the foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, will tell his EU counterparts in Brussels on Friday that Britain is prepared to join France in arming the Kurds, The Guardian reports.- Oculus News