US Continues Humanitarian Aid to Iraqi Refugees

The U.S. military continues to drop humanitarian aid to refugees stranded in the mountains of northern Iraq, about 200 kilometers from the Kurdish capital of  Irbil. Three airdrops have delivered more than 52,000 meals and more than 10,600 gallons of fresh drinking water to the displaced Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities who fled to the hills in fear of the violent advance by Islamic State fighters.  British forces made their first humanitarian airdrop to...

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