
BAGHDAD (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abbadi has agreed to extend the inspection period for the remnants of the organization “Daash” inside the old city of Mosul to 72 hours.
Al-Abadi ordered the dispatch of other forces working with the counter-terrorism agency to speed up the mission and hand over the city to Iraqi engineering bodies.
This came after the Iraqi forces asked Abadi to extend the deadline to three days to complete the inspection of the whole city, because of fear of pockets of hidden suicide bombers.