Q&A: Lukman Faily, Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S.
Iraq's envoy to Washington discusses the scope of destruction wrought by IS militants, the resources needed to respond, and what comes next in the war.
Lukman Faily, Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S., speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC on April 23, 2014. (Photo credit: CSIS)
WASHINGTON, DC - After capping 2015 with a string of victories on the battlefield in Baiji, Sinjar, and Ramadi, Iraq still faces a host of daunting challenges.
Many of these areas recaptured from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) now lie in ruin, raising the question of whether - and how - the government can secure and rebuild them in a way that will allow resettlement.
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