The United States has carried out its first air strikes on ISIS in northern Iraq, describing their actions as having all the warning signs of genocide.
Hundreds of thousands of people - including Yazidi and Christian minorities - have fled their homes, with many trapped in the mountains.
Meanwhile, US airlines have been banned from flying over Iraqi airspace because of the armed conflict.
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, described it as a campaign of terror against the innocent.
Speaking on the Last Word, the Independent's Middle East Correspondent, Robert Fisk, questioned the motives of the US, given ISIS has been killing muslims for some time.
