Italy will probably start arming
Iraqi Kurds against ISIS militants late next week, Defence
Minister Roberta Pinotti said Wednesday.
Speaking to a joint session of the House and Senate foreign
and defence committees, Pinotti said deliveries would start
"within the first 10 days of September".
Italy's parliament on August 20 backed Premier Matteo
Renzi's move to send military aid to Iraqi Kurds fighting the
offensive by fundamentalist Islamic State (ISIS) militia in the
country's north as the premier himself met with Iraqi and
Kurdish leaders as well as refugees in Baghdad and Erbil.
Weapons including anti-tank rockets, automatic weapons,
machine guns and ammunition will be sent to Kurdish forces.
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