US considers air drops to 15,000 Iraq refugees fleeing ISIS

August 08, 2014 01:57

The Pentagon is looking at conducting emergency air drops to the estimated 15,000 stranded ethnic minority Yazidis in northern Iraq, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin,

A decision is expected today. Martin says if the U.S. military makes drops, the transport planes would almost certainly be escorted by fighters.

Reuters, citing Turkish officials, reported Thursday that thousands of Yazidis had fled to the Turkish border to escape the the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has advanced to northern Iraq.

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