MESOP HEADLINE TODAY : MADAME MERKEL SPEAKS PRO KURDISH / CHRIST DEMOCRAT PARTY CONFERENCE
On 10 Dec 2014 – MESOP – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has shown her country’s support for the Peshmerga fighting Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq. During the 27th conference of her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Merkel said that her party did not keep silent about IS atrocities against Christians in Iraq and Syria and sent aid to both countries to halt the terrorists.
She said that Germany had sent arms to the Peshmerga and that they would continue to support Kurdistan Region militarily. Merkel has been reelected as CDU leader after gaining 96% of the vote to continue her job for two more years.