Iraqi PM declares Daesh no longer a threat

Al-Sudani said Daesh has been reduced to isolated groups hiding in remote areas. (File/AFP)
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Updated 02 September 2024
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Iraqi PM declares Daesh no longer a threat

  • Al-Sudani made the comments during a meeting with Maj. Gen. Kevin C. Leahy, commander of the Global Coalition against Daesh in Iraq

DUBAI: Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said on Sunday that the Daesh militant group no longer poses a threat to the country.

Al-Sudani made the comments during a meeting with Maj. Gen. Kevin C. Leahy, commander of the Global Coalition against Daesh in Iraq, and the US ambassador to the country, Alina Romanowski.

The officials held talks on the end of the coalition’s mission and the transition to bilateral relations with the entity’s member states, according to a statement released by the prime minister’s office.

They emphasized that there would continue to be cooperation in training, and intelligence sharing.

Al-Sudani said Daesh has been reduced to isolated groups hiding in remote areas. And that Iraq’s armed forces were conducting operations to locate and apprehend these remaining terrorists.


Over 1,000 civilians killed in Sudan’s Darfur when paramilitary group seized camp, UN says

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Over 1,000 civilians killed in Sudan’s Darfur when paramilitary group seized camp, UN says

GENEVA: Over 1,000 civilians were killed when a Sudanese paramilitary group took over a displacement camp in Sudan’s Darfur region in April, including about a third who were summarily executed, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office on Thursday.
“Such deliberate killing of civilians or persons hors de combat may constitute the war crime of murder,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk in a statement accompanying the 18-page report.
The Zamzam camp in Sudan’s western region of Darfur housed around half a million people displaced by the civil war and was taken over by Rapid Support Forces between April 11-13.