Iraqi premier halts air-strikes on civilian areas in fight against IS

Sep 13, 2014
Iraq’s prime minister, said that he had ordered Iraqi air-forces to halt strikes on civilian areas in their fight against the Islamic State (IS), reports Reuters.

Haider al-Abadi, said that his order to protect civilians had been issued a day after talks with the US Secretary of State John Kerry in Baghdad.

“I have ordered the Iraqi Air Force to halt shelling of civilian areas even in those towns controlled by ISIS,” said Abadi. 

Sunni leaders demanded a freeze on military action on civilian areas as one of the conditions to support the Shi’ite-led government

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