French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday urged the US-led coalition backing the offensive against terrorists of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri groups in Mosul to prepare for the aftermath of the city’s fall, including returning gunmen. “The recapture is not an end in itself. ...
The UN said Tuesday it had received reports of dozens of execution-type killings by the ISIL group, including the slaying of 50 former police officers, as Iraqi troops close in on Mosul. The allegations — which remain “preliminary” — have come from a range of civilian and government sources, who ...
