Iraq's Shia leaders have accused neighbours Saudi Arabia of promoting "genocide" by backing Sunni militants, as Baghdad battles insurgents who have seized swathes of territory.
Defying calls from the West to reach out and defuse the crisis, a government statement said: "We hold them responsible for supporting these groups financially and morally, and for the outcome of that - which includes crimes that may qualify as genocide: the spilling of Iraqi blood, the destruction of Iraqi state institutions and historic and religious sites."
Riyadh denies backing fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and said on Monday that sectarianism in Iraq was fuelling the violence.
Areas of Iraq controlled by ISIS and the locations of the latest fighting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned there is a "real risk" of sectarian violence on a "massive scale" as a result of the conflict.
And Prime Minister David Cameron said insurgency by religious extremists in Syria and Iraq is the most serious threat Britain faces today, with the prospect of battle-hardened militants returning to the UK.
Speaking at a joint press conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Mr Cameron said: "The number of foreign fighters in that area, the number of foreign fighters including those from the UK who could try to return to the UK this is a real threat to our country.
One of the burnt-out vehicles in Mosul (Pic: BFMTV) "We will do absolutely everything we can to keep our people safe. That means stopping people from going, it means arresting people who are involved in plots, it means focusing our security, our policing, our intelligence effort on to that area of the world, on to those people."
Footage from inside one of the first cities in Iraq to be seized by the insurgents appears to show men queuing to join an offensive that has brought the terror group to within 50 miles of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Shot by the French news channel BFMTV, the video shows burnt-out vehicles littering the streets of Mosul, one of a number of towns and cities they now control in northern Iraq.
The packed central square in Mosul (Pic: BFMTV) Clashes overnight in Baquba, less than 40 miles from Baghdad, left scores dead.
The Baiji oil refinery north of Baghdad has been shut down and foreign workers evacuated by helicopter, although officials say government troops still hold the compound.
With the refinery shut, Iraq will find it difficult generating electricity and pumping water to sustain its cities this summer.
A comparison between the Iraqi army and ISIS Queues for fuel have already been reported in the north.
Police said another militant attack, in a northern village called Basher, nine miles south of Kirkuk, has been repelled.
On state television the Iraqi army said it had killed a top militant, Abu Abdul Rahman al Muhajir, in Mosul.
Security in Baghdad has been stepped up In response to the crisis, US President Barack Obama announced on Monday that up to 275 troops could be sent to Iraq to provide security for US personnel and the US Embassy in Baghdad.
The White House is also considering sending special forces to train and advise Iraqi troops.
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