Downing Street said there will be no UK military action in Iraq, following President Barack Obama's announcement that America is prepared to launch airstrikes in the north of the country.
The US President announced in a late-night televised statement that military planes had carried out humanitarian airdrops in the region and said America would take action if the lives of its troops in Iraq are at risk from Islamic militants.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said: "We welcome the action taken by the United States overnight to provide vital supplies to those Iraqis in desperate need who are fleeing from ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria) terrorists."
But she added that "we are not planning a military intervention".
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon is due to chair a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee on the worsening situation in Iraq today.
The spokeswoman said: "It is essential that those trapped are now allowed to reach a place of safety where they can continue to be provided with food, water and life-saving assistance and it is appalling that ISIL are preventing them from doing so.
"ISIL have a poisonous record of destruction and murder of innocent people of all faiths, including their own.
"The UK chaired a meeting of the United Nations Security Council last night to discuss what more can be done to protect civilian lives and to stop ISIL's advance. We are also providing urgent humanitarian assistance to those affected by this crisis."
"We support US efforts, at the request of the Iraqi government, to take action to avert the genocide of the Yezidi people and to protect US personnel in Erbil."
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