British Foreign Secretary: Anti-Daesh Process Has Reached a Crucial Point

BAGHDAD / NINA / British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said that the fight against Daesh process reached a critical point, pointing out that "the efforts made by the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Mosul now yield positive results. Johnson, in a speech today, on the fight against Daesh in Syria and Iraq, delivered in front of the British House of Commons, said "the 500 British troops in Iraq trained Iraqi security forces to combat Daesh, and the thousand and 350 British soldiers, based in the Middle East, are providing support for operations against Daesh. " Johnson pointed out that the "brutality" of the Assad regime, and the intervention of the Iranian and Russian, delay defeating Daesh in Syria. Johnson added that Britain offers a great finance support for Mosul, where the British government announced in September that it will provide humanitarian aid worth 40 million pounds, as provided through the World Bank, loan guarantees worth 300 million pounds, "./ end