French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned Tuesday that the battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIL group could take “months”. “It could be a long battle, it’s not a blitzkrieg… It’s a lengthy affair (lasting) several weeks, maybe months,” he told reporters in Paris a day ...
The EU’s security commissioner warned Tuesday that Europe must be prepared for a new influx of ISIL Takfiris if Iraqi forces retake the group’s stronghold of Mosul. “The retaking of the ISIL’ northern Iraq stronghold, Mosul, may lead to the return to Europe of violent ISIL-militants,” Julian King told Die ...
