Q&A: Lt. Gen. Mohammed al-Askari, senior Defense Ministry advisor
Gearing up for the security challenges that will come after the Mosul operation, Iraq's military remains optimistic that U.S. support will continue under Trump.
Lt. Gen. Mohammed al-Askari, a senior advisor at the Defense Ministry, stands in front of the ministry headquarters in Baghdad, January 2017. (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report)
BAGHDAD - On Tuesday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that Iraqi forces, after three months of urban combat, have "fully liberated" the eastern half of Mosul from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) militant group.
Planning and redeployments are now underway to re-take the western half of the city and free the estimated 750,000 civilians trapped there.
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