Macron Visits Imam Al-Kadhim Shrine in Baghdad
“We will bring back a (French) consulate and schools,” he pledged, while criticising the pace of reconstruction in Mosul, where IS fought its last urban battle, as “too slow”. The mainly Sunni Muslim city was recaptured from IS in 2017 after three years. Only 30-40 percent of its health facilities have so far been restored, according to a local official.
August 29, 2021 | 6:32 pm