Saturday night saw some major developments on the ground in Iraq and internationally. We bring you a quick round-up of what has been going on:
· Medical staff in Mosul report on Sunday that they have received the bodies of 128 Iraqi security personnel, including army soldiers and police officers.
· Former Iraqi PM Ayad Allawi tells CNN it is "very likely" that Iraq is on the path to partition. According to Allawi, the ring around Baghdad has fallen, and any American intervention would only "add fuel to the fire."
· The US moves its aircraft carrier, George H W Bush, from the Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was expected to arrive late on Saturday, and has the scope to protect "American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq.”
· Iraqi government air strikes kill 6 Kurdish fighters near the eastern town of Khanqin on Saturday night. It remains unclear whether it was a targeted attack or a case of friendly fire.
· Lakhdar Brahimi, former UN envoy to Syria who resigned in May, says that the unrest in Iraq is a direct result of international “neglect” of the conflict in Syria. According to Brahimi, he warned the UN Security Council in November 2013 that ISIL is “ten times more active in Iraq than in Syria.”