Abadi: Battle of Mosul will not turn into ethnic violence

10/17/2016
BAGHDAD / Sky Press: ah
He called on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, speaking at dawn on Monday, coinciding with the launch of Mosul to restore calm fears that this process will be transformed into "ethnic violence process." The Abadi during the early hours of the start of the restoration of Mosul of al Daesh process, and confirmed that he would be allowed only for the army and the Iraqi police to enter the city inhabited by the Sunni majority, Abadi's remarks came after warnings by local politicians from the component of the Sunni countries in the region such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia, that allowing the participation of Shiite factions in the attack could lead to ethnic violence, according to Reuters quoted. On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he hoped that the United States and its allies are making every effort to avoid civilian casualties during the attack on Mosul. The Iraqi army, threw tens of thousands of leaflets on the northern city of Mosul before dawn on Sunday, to alert people that the preparations for the process of wresting control of the city of al-Daesh entered the final stages, as these publications are assured the population that the army units and air strikes "would not target civilians." in another publication advised them to avoid the elements of the organization known sites. The United Nations indicated last week that it was preparing for humanitarian efforts is the largest and most complex in the world because of the battle to wrest control of Mosul, which may cause the displacement of up to one million people and the use of civilians as human shields or even bombed gas.

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