Iranian jets deployed to help Iraq fight militants: Report
July 02, 2014  19:43
Iran has supplied Iraq with fighter jets to help it counter the belligerent offensive by Islamist militants who have taken over large swathes of territory, a media report said today.   

Russia supplied an initial delivery of the aircraft justa few days ago but analysts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies here say that a further delivery on July 1, originates from Iran, BBC reported.   

This means that the US -- which has also sent aircraft to Iraq -- is operating alongside Iran in this conflict. The US has deployed drones and helicopters to Iraq and is actively gathering intelligence on the advance by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.   

The US is also supplying Iraq's existing air force with Hellfire missiles, the report said.
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