The failure to rebuild Mosul could let Islamic State return
Iraq needs to show Sunni Arabs that they have a stake in the country’s future
WHEN Haider al-Abadi, Iraq’s prime minister, launched the battle a year ago to retake Mosul from the jihadists of Islamic State (IS, or Daesh in Arabic), he declared: “God willing we will meet in Mosul...all religions united. And together we shall defeat Daeshand rebuild this dear city.”
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Squandering the peace”
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