Militants of ISIS will not come back to Iraqi Mosul while its residents support the country's authorities, Brig. Gen. Najim Jubouri, the commander of the Iraqi army’s Nineveh Operations, told Sputnik on Saturday.
"We have left the communication [channels] between security forces and citizens and between security forces and the government from the other side. If such communication is preserved, ISIS will not return. And, frankly, people are absolutely against their [ISIS terrorists'] ideas," Jubouri said.
Najim Jubouri also added that militants of ISIS terrorist group could return to Iraq after being defeated in Syria.
"We fear that ISIS defeat in Syria will lead terrorists to return [to Iraq]," Jubouri said, stressing that it was strictly his personal opinion.
Earlier in the day, Jubouri announced the liberation of Tal Afar city from ISIS.
On July 10, the Iraqi authorities officially announced the victory over the ISIS terrorists in Mosul. The operation to liberate it was underway since October 2016.
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27 August 2017 - 09:51
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(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The commander of the Iraqi army’s Nineveh Operations says that ISIS terrorists will not return to the Iraqi city of Mosul while its residents align themselves with the country's authorities.
