The United States is considering possible options to evacuate thousands of Iraqi civilians trapped in a mountainous area in northern Iraq after fleeing hidden Islamist militants, after four nights of air supply humanitarian aid, which have eased somewhat situation.
The news comes from an American official. While supplies by air provided necessary assistance more urgent, harsh conditions on Mount Sinjar, more so in the peak summer season, have caused dozens of deaths among Iraqi Yazidi minority, who are threatened by the harsh lines of militants Islamic State.
Proposals for a mission, dangerous, to save the group in question thus underscore the limitations in supplies by air, ordered last week by President Barack Obama.
"We are reviewing all options to displaced civilians remaining in the mountain," said Deputy / American National Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes, to "Reuters". "Kurdish forces are helping, and we are talking with the United Nations and other international partners, to find the possibility of sending them to a safer place."
UN Mission in Iraq has also announced that it is preparing a corridor for humanitarian purposes, in order to be allowed to leave Yazidis community safe from the country.
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