Iraq military ‘needs more intelligence’ to fight against IS

Iraq’s military needs more intelligence and action from international allies against Islamic State (IS) extremists, the prime minister has said.

A meeting in Paris of top officials from Iraq and international allies, including the US and France but not Russia, Iran, or Syria, comes after IS conquered the Iraqi city of Ramadi and the historic Syrian city of Palmyra.

More than 4,100 air strikes by the US-led coalition have failed to stem the gains by IS radicals.