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Philip Hammond is joining international counterparts at a summit to thrash out "what more we can do" to wipe out Isis. The Iraqi Prime Minister has described the rapid advance of Isis as a "failure of the world" and criticised other countries for not doing enough to stop the terror group in its tracks.
International military support for fighters battling the jihadi force will be reviewed at the meeting of foreign ministers in Paris. Haider al-Abadi is urging a coalition of international allies to deliver more intelligence and take more action against Isis at a meeting of foreign ministers from 20 countries in Paris on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar are allies of the coalition and are in attendance with the UK, France and other countries. Russia, Iran and Syria are not present.
It comes after reports that the Government is preparing to expand the UK training mission - currently based in the relatively safe Kurdish-held area of northern Iraq - into the more dangerous parts of the country in support of the US mission. Mr Abadi said the "problem" posed by Isis is not exclusive to Iraq and the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq has not slowed in the last year, according to Reuters.
Britain already has more than 100 personnel in the Kurdish north where they have trained 1,200 peshmerga fighters in combat infantry skills including sharp shooting, first aid, counter-improvised explosive devices (IED) operations and weapons maintenance. The jihadist group is now majority foreign, he claimed, when it was 60 per cent Iraqi a year ago.
Prime Minister David Cameron has previously said he fears the battle against the extremism is a "generational struggle" that poses a "clear danger" to the security of Europe. The Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi He also claimed his own political plans to persuade Sunni tribes to fight despite their fears of Shia militias were "on track".
French foreign minister Laurent Fabius is hosting the talks, which will also focus on ways to cut off Isis finances and stop its influence from spreading. "To be honest, we need a lot of political work on the part of the coalition countries. We need an explanation why there are so many terrorists from Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, Egypt ... European countries. If it is due to the political situation in Iraq, why are Americans, French and German (fighters) in Iraq?" he asked.
Representatives from 22 countries involved in the global coalition formed to degrade and destroy the terror group will attend, including Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi. "It is failure on the part of the world," he told reporters ahead of the meeting. "We are trying to do our part, but Daesh [an Arabic acronym for Isis] was not created in Iraq."
Mr Hammond said: "As a leading member of the global coalition against Isil, carrying out the second largest number of air strikes in Iraq, we will be meeting in Paris with our coalition partners to assess the campaign that is under way to degrade and destroy Isil - including reviewing the successes, and the setbacks, since our last meeting in January in London. Baghdad has received little in the way of ammunition and arms despite coalition pledges, he continued, forcing Iraq to "rely on ourselves" as it waits for UN approval to buy weapons from Iran.
"This terrorist group's deplorable actions have caused severe human suffering in Iraq and Syria. Today's conference is an opportunity to reaffirm our support for Iraqi forces, and assess what more we can do as a coalition. "The [US-led coalition] air campaign is useful for us, but it's not enough," he said. "It's too little. Surveillance is very small. Daesh is mobile and moves in small groups."
"I will discuss with key partners the military campaign and the coalition's efforts to cut off Isis's finances, reduce the flow of fighters, undermine their brutal ideology, and stabilise areas liberated from Isil." The summit comes a month after Isis seized Ramadi in Iraq's Anbar province and the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria.
As part of the US-led coalition force, RAF aircraft have carried out more than 250 air strikes in Iraq. A picture taken on March 14, 2014 shows a partial view of the theatre at the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast of Damascus. French foreign minister Laurent Fabius is hosting the talks, which will also focus on ways to cut off Isis finances and stop its influence from spreading. The group controls up to 80 per cent of oil fields in Syria and sells looted antiquities to acquire a major source of its funding, sometimes for seven figure sums. It has amassed an estimated wealth of up to $2 billion.
PA The bombing campaign by the US-led coalition has conducted more than 4,100 strikes against Isis targets but has failed to deter the group. The UK has carried out more than 250 air strikes in Iraq.
John Kerry did not attend the meeting person after breaking his leg in a cycling accident but is participating remotely.
Additional reporting by agencies