On the margins of the 4/5 September 2014 NATO summit in Wales , on 5 September 2014 , U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry invited Ministers of Australia , Canada , Denmark , France , Germany , Italy , Turkey and the United Kingdom , for a separate meeting in which he pressed them to support the fight against ISIL militarily and financially . Those nine countries agreed to do so by supporting anti-ISIL forces in Iraq and Syria with supplies and air support , according to a statement that day from Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagel
4/5 September 2014 NATO summit in Wales
2014 Wales summit
International military intervention against ISIL