(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) US President Barack Obama spoke over the phone Saturday with French President Francois Hollande and discussed the need for a coordinated international response to the humanitarian crisis on Mount Sinjar, northwestern Iraq.
"They underscored the serious threat that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) poses to all Iraqi communities throughout the country, and discussed the need to support the Iraqis by increasing their ability to counter these extremists," said a statement from the White House.
The leaders also discussed, "the targeted strikes that the Unites States is undertaking to protect US personnel and prevent ISIL's advance on Erbil, and agreed to work together on a longer term strategy to counter ISIL".
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