Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Why the Mosul offensive has yet to succeed

MOHAMMED A. SALIH for Al-Monitor Frustrations between the Iraqi army, peshmerga forces and local villagers have presented a major obstacle in the operation that was launched in late March to recapture Mosul from IS.

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