German foreign minister to visit Iraq, says must go to limits of what is possible to support Kurds

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he would travel to Iraq at the weekend to see what could be done to support Kurdish security forces, adding it would be necessary to go to the limits of what is "legally and politically possible". "Iraq is facing a catastrophe. A million people have already fled within Iraq. In the north Yezidis and Christians are being persecuted and slaughtered," he said in Brussels on Friday before a meeting of European foreign ministers. Read More http://ift.tt/VpGD5k