By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent
The Islamic State terror threat to the West will increase if the Kurdish Peshmerga are not given more help fighting the Islamist militants, their commander has warned.
Speaking exclusively to Sky News on the eve of a major conference, Lieutenant General Jabar Manda delivered a message to the 21 foreign ministers gathering in London.
"We need more equipment, we need new weapons and we need the air strikes," he said.
"We need the continuous support and training. We are in need of ammunition. We need new weapons to win this war."
He thanked the British military for their help training his troops and said it has helped the Peshmerga push IS fighters back.
Despite this, 800 Kurdish soldiers have been killed and 4,000 wounded because of insufficient protection and Lt Gen Manda said armoured cars are needed to stop so many soldiers being killed.
He also said that stores of ammunition are decreasing after an early rush of donors.
"IS is an international terrorist group threatening all over the world just like we saw in France. They are threatening America and Britain and other countries," he said.
"If the other nations like to fight alongside us then we have no problem with that, we would like to fight with them.
And he warned that if they do not get the support, "The threat to Europe and other countries will be more."
His words will be read closely by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and US Secretary of State John Kerry as the two men prepare to host a conference on IS in London.
The main players of the 60 nation coalition will attend. So too will Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
The chief points of discussion will include cutting off the insurgency's funding, stemming the flow of weapons to Iraq and Syria, exploring further military options and how to relieve the worsening humanitarian situation.
However, it's not clear if anything of note will be announced because of the number of countries and interests involved.
As if to prove that, there is still some discussion over the exact format for the post-summit media conference.
The Iraqi delegation doesn't want its prime minister to stand alongside John Kerry and Philip Hammond at the podium because they regard the two foreign ministers as junior in rank.
Hanging over the conference are the lives of two Japanese hostages.
IS released a video on Tuesday morning threatening to kill them unless a ransom of $200m was paid in 72 hours. That time runs out on Friday morning.
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