UN envoy warns that Iraq faces major challenges after Mosul
The U.N. envoy for Iraq warned Monday that the road ahead for the Mideast nation is “extremely challenging” following the liberation of Mosul, stressing that freeing other territory controlled by Islamic State extremists won’t be easy. Jan Kubis told the Security Council that supporters of the militant group are also continuing “their vicious terrorist activities […]Edith M. Lederer writes for AP:
The U.N. envoy for Iraq warned Monday that the road ahead for the Mideast nation is “extremely challenging” following the liberation of Mosul, stressing that freeing other territory controlled by Islamic State extremists won’t be easy.
Jan Kubis told the Security Council that supporters of the militant group are also continuing “their vicious terrorist activities against civilians in Iraq and beyond.”
With the liberation of Mosul declared on July 10 by Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the country’s coalition-backed forces must now reclaim other IS-controlled territory in parts of Ninawa and Anbar governorates, in Hawija in Kirkuk governorate and in pockets elsewhere, he said.
