Tens of thousands pour into Iraq's Kurdish north as US jets bomb Isis

"Air strikes stop Islamic State militants on outskirts of Irbil, but elsewhere the jihadist group remains ascendant...Many of those arriving in Irbil were not as reassured as Kurdish officials by the return of the US to the battlefield. ("We lost everything in an afternoon,") said Miriam Athous, a Christian woman from Tal Kaif, south-west of Irbil. ("Why should we be happy that the Americans come now? We were sitting in our homes like sheep in a lion's den for two months.")" read more >>