MOSCOW, December 3 (Sputnik) - Germany will support the government of Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) militant group, the German Foreign Ministry said on Twitter Wednesday.
"[Foreign Minister Frank-Walter] Steinmeier assures PM [Haider] al-Abadi of GER support in fight ag. ISIS [the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria]. Al-Abadi thanks for GER aid," the ministry's Twitter post read.
Anti-ISIS coalition: #Steinmeier assures PM al-Abadi of GER support in fight ag. ISIS. Al-Abadi thanks for GER aid. pic.twitter.com/qhQvpIGHhp
— GermanForeignOffice (@GermanyDiplo) 3 декабря 2014
Germany is a party to the US-led international coalition against IS and other terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria. Reports earlier this year said the country had provided Kurdish fighters with enough weapons and equipment to arm 4,000 soldiers.
In November, the head of Germany’s domestic security agency Hans-Georg Maassen said that at least 60 German citizens had died while fighting for IS, adding that approximately 550 German nationals had recently left for Iraq and Syria to fight for IS.
To avert the military advances of the jihadists the United States and a group of its allies set up an airstrike coalition that later saw contributions being made by several dozen nations.
