According to sources in Washington, Americans flown in under cover of darkness to assist in efforts to assist and evacuate refugees, among them many from yezidi- minority.
The refugees are besieged by Islamist militants from the rebel group, the Islamic State (IS), who threatens to kill them if they did not convert to Islam.
Earlier Wednesday arrived around 130 American military advisors Arbil in northern Iraq, and some of them went directly to the Sinjar mountain to assess the situation of refugees.
Representatives of the state American aid organization US Agency for International Development (USAID), together with military advisers .
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