US envoy says more needs to be done to eradicate Daesh
Date
3/16/2016 12:19:54 PM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Brett McGurk the U.S. special envoy for the anti-Daesh coalition said Wednesday that “huge” steps have been taken against the terrorist group but more needs to be done.
McGurk’s remarks came during the fourth annual Sulaimani Forum at the American University in Iraq (AUIS).
“One of the most important strategies that helps in liberating areas is empowering the locals themselves and involving them in the operations” McGurk said according to a partial transcript posted on the AUIS website. “In order for Mosul to be liberated we need to empower the locals and bring all the forces together under the leadership of the authorities in Baghdad.”
He added that in recent months senior Daesh operatives have been apprehended or neutralized through special operations.
Iraq has been dogged by a vicious security vacuum since mid-2014 when Daesh overran Mosul – the country’s second largest city – and declared a self-styled “caliphate” in parts of Iraq and Syria.
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