US warplanes have bombed Islamist fighters in northern Iraq for a second time - as 30,000 meals were dropped for refugees.
Aircraft launched a second round of strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in northern Iraq after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent "genocide".
Islamic State fighters, who have beheaded and crucified captives, have advanced to within a half an hour of Irbil, Iraq's Kurdish capital and a hub for US oil companies.
Water bundles loaded onto a plane for a humanitarian drop to refugees They have also seized control of Iraq's biggest dam, which could allow them to flood cities and cut off vital water and electricity supplies.
Iraq's government says hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by fighters for IS, formerly known as ISIS.
The Pentagon said two F/A-18 aircraft from an aircraft carrier in the Gulf had dropped laser-guided 500-pound bombs on the fighters' artillery.
The rough outline of the desired IS caliphate Other airstrikes had targeted mortar positions and an Islamic State convoy.
For the second night, the US also dropped relief supplies to members of the ancient Yazidi sect.
Tens of thousands of them are massed on a desert mountaintop seeking shelter from fighters who have ordered them to convert or die.
Warplanes launched a second wave of airstrikes in northern Iraq overnight Three cargo planes escorted by two F/A-18 combat jets dropped the supplies - including 72 bundles which contained 28,224 individually packaged meals.
Another 16 bundles contained 1,522 gallons of fresh drinking water.
Mr Obama has authorised the first US airstrikes on Iraq since he pulled all troops out in 2011.
Iraqi military personnel distribute water to Shiite Iraqi Kurds The action is aimed at halting the Islamist advance, protecting hundreds of thousands of Christians and other religious minorities who have fled for their lives.
In Britain, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon expressed a willingness to help Americans in their efforts to provide humanitarian support.
Combat jets are trying to halt the march of jihadists towards Irbil In the hours after the airstrikes, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) banned all US civilian flights over Iraq.
British Airways also decided to stop flying over the war-torn region.
Other international airlines including Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines have halted their flights to Irbil until Monday.
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