Iraq Power Struggle As Thousands Flee ISIS

Iraq's new prime minister has called on Iraqis to unite against the "barbaric" Islamist insurgency which has swept across the north of the country.

Iraq's president asked deputy parliament speaker Haider al Abadi to form a government after he was nominated by the country's main Shia coalition as its candidate for the post - putting an end to months of political wrangling.

The National Alliance chose Mr al Abadi as the man to unite the country after Nouri al Maliki was criticised for deepening sectarian divisions and steering the country towards all-out civil war.

Speaking on state television, the new PM said: "We all have to cooperate to stand against this terrorist campaign launched on Iraq and to stop all terrorist groups." 

Islamic State wants to set up a Caliphate across Iraq and Syria

But Mr al Maliki - ousted after eight years as PM - has indicated he will not just stand aside, with a member of his political block warning "we will not stay silent" over the nomination of his rival.

Mr al Maliki had appeared on TV overnight to accuse the new president of violating the constitution as militias and security forces loyal to him were deployed across Baghdad.

The US congratulated Mr al Abadi after Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking in Australia, had warned Mr al Maliki not to obstruct efforts to form a new government.

US soldiers watch as halal meals are parachuted to the ground in Iraq

He said: "We believe that the government formation process is critical in terms of sustaining the stability and calm in Iraq - our hope is that Mr Maliki will not stir those waters."

In northern Iraq, Islamist extremists have been forced out of two towns by Kurdish troops, while thousands of Yazidis stranded on a mountain after fleeing the militants have been streaming into Iraq's northern Kurdistan region.

The militants were driven out of Makhmour and al Gweir, near Irbil, after fighters were aided by a series of US airstrikes targeting armed vehicles.

Kurdish forces have been bolstered further after the State Department confirmed the Obama administration has begun directly providing them with weapons to defend themselves against attacks by Islamic State, previously known as ISIS.

Yazidi refugees approach the food bundles on the ground

Britain was forced to abort a second airdrop of food, water and other supplies to Yazidis still stranded on Mount Sinjar on Monday over fears about hitting people below, the RAF said.

But closer to Baghdad, the Sunni militants captured Jalawla, a town 70 miles (115km) northeast of the Iraqi capital, after weeks of clashes with Kurdish fighters. 

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has chaired a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee, after a No 10 source told Sky News there were no plans to recall Parliament to discuss the crisis despite mounting pressure.

The political turmoil comes amid mounting evidence of the slaughter of minority Christians and Yazidis by Islamist extremists.

Refugees flee the extremists carving a bloody path through northern Iraq

Photographs taken in the north of the country appear to show crucifixions and beheadings, as well as a series of executions by gunfire.

Yesterday, Downing Street announced that more UK advisers were being sent to the under-threat city of Irbil to help deal with the developing crisis.

The US has been carrying out airstrikes to protect the area, which is a Kurdish stronghold and major centre for the country's oil trade.

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