Paris: France will begin delivery of first aid equipment to Iraq \"in the coming hours\", the president\'s office said on August 9. \r\nPresident Francois Hollande assured the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, by phone that the aid was on its way, according to a statement from the Elysee Palace. \r\nHollande \"reaffirmed the will of France to stand by the side of civilian victims of continued attacks\" by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, the Elysee said. |
