Five Arab allies, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, have joined the United States in hitting IS group targets from the skies in Syria and Iraq.
The disclosure that one of the pilots leading the air assault against the religious fundamentalists was a woman Mariam al Mansouri seemed like providence for many observers, following reports from theUnited Nations and Amnesty International that the IS group was behind widespread acts of sexual violence against women and teenage girls belonging to Iraqi minorities.
