Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi said on Wednesday that his country will continue striking ISIL terrorists in Syria and in any neighboring country upon their approval. Stressing his respect to the sovereignty of the states, Abadi added that Iraq obtained Syria’s approval before striking the terrorists within its territories.
Iraq announced Tuesday that its forces have retaken the provincial government headquarters and a second bridgehead from the ISIL terrorist group in west Mosul. The building was retaken in the city’s Dawasah District on Tuesday by a rapid reaction unit serving the country’s Interior Ministry, Lieutenant Colonel Abdel Amir al-Mohammadawi, ...