AFP reports that the United Arab Emirates has pulled out of the air campaign against Daesh following the brutal execution of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh.
The UAE has said it will not rejoin the air strikes against Daesh until the US, who is leading the coalition, has improved its search-and-rescue efforts in northern Iraq.
AFP said that they are specifically waiting for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, which are able to land like helicopters but fly like planes, are deployed in northern Iraq.
The UAE foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, asked Barbara Leaf, the new U.S. ambassador, why the United States had not put proper resources in northern Iraq for rescuing downed pilots, a senior administration official said, according to the Times.
