Children and Armed Conflict: Report of Secretary General 2016

has conducted airstrikes in Iraq completely false,” Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a post on his Twitter feed. News reports that the United States has struck targets in Iraq are not accurate, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday, as Islamist militants advanced across northern Iraq. military action would be “very limited in scope” and tied to Iraqi political reforms, adding: “There are no American military solutions to the problems in Iraq.” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said any U.S. airstrikes in Iraq since a 2011 pullout of troops. officials, confirming a New York Times report, said President Barack Obama was also weighing carrying out the first U.S. official said the Obama administration had approved military air drops of humanitarian supplies to help trapped religious minorities in Iraq and they could start at any time. However, a Kurdish security official denied that the militants were in control of the Khazer checkpoint, and the regional government said its forces were advancing and would “defeat the terrorists,” urging people to stay calm. The fighters had raised the movement’s black flag over the guard post.

Reuters photographs showed what appeared to be Islamic State fighters controlling a checkpoint at the border area of the Kurdish semi-autonomous region, little over 30 minutes’ drive from Arbil, a city of 1.5 million that is headquarters of the Kurdish regional government and many businesses.

Children and Armed Conflict: Report of Secretary General 2016