Czech arms arrive in Arbil to support Kurdish Peshmerga forces

(IraqiNews.com) On Sunday, a U.S. military plane took off from Prague Airport carrying Czech ammunition on its way to Arbil to support the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the fight against the terrorist organization of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

A spokeswoman for the Czech Staff of the Armed Forces said, that the American plane carries on board nearly 5,000 anti-tank missiles.

Czech military plane transferred military equipment as well as U.S. members to Czech area of Pardobeiss from Ramstein Base in Germany to help load ammunition on board a plane destined to Arbil.