They were eventually ousted by Kurdish Peshmerga and PKK fighters, supported by US-led coairtion air strikes.
King said both fighters supported his decision and that both will stay in New York until the match takes place.
Isis fighters supported by disaffected Sunnis have swept through towns in the north but appeared to have halted their advance on Baghdad.
As many as 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and Shiite Muslim militia fighters supported by Iranian military advisors, artillery and rocket launchers started a ground and air assault last week aimed at retaking the strategic city of Tikrit, which fell to militants last summer.
As fighters supported by Iran attempt to retake territory within Iraq from the Islamic State, the government in Tehran has unleashed a corresponding media and PR offensive to promote its role in the battle against the Sunni terror group and illustrate its influence.
According to Kiev, in the early hours of August 10, the front line around the small town of Starohnativka was subjected to a sustained pre-dawn attack from hundreds of pro-Russia fighters, supported by tanks, heavy artillery, and APC-borne troops.
Tankers and fighters supporting those aircraft were kept there, too.
After diplomacy and international sanctions failed to dislodge Mr. Gbagbo, he was defeated by fighters supporting Alassane Ouattara, who had been declared the winner of the election.
On Monday, about 2,000 fighters supporting Mr. Ouattara entered the city in a renewed push to oust him, his spokesmen said.
He said the influx of foreign weapons, funds and insurgents "from any side" should stop, not just extremist jihadists battling the government but also Lebanese, Iranian and Iraqi fighters supporting it.
