UNITED NATIONS, United States: The new Iraqi government’s strategy of enlisting Kurds and local tribes in the fight against Islamists is yielding results, the United Nations envoy for Iraq told the Security Council on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has made it a priority to pay salaries, arm and train fighters from local tribes and communities, and provide legal guarantees for volunteers, envoy Nickolay Mladenov said.

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