Shafaq News- Nineveh
The head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), FalihAl-Fayyadh, accused unnamed political parties on Thursday of blocking theclosure of displacement camps, saying they benefit from keeping the camps opendespite the completion of procedures to shut them down.
Speaking in the forum "Nineveh… A Present Shaping theFuture," Al-Fayyadh noted that improved security in Sinjar has acceleratedthe return of displaced families to the district. He described the suffering ofthe Yazidi community as a tragedy, noting that some of its consequences cannotbe reversed. “The issue of missing Yazidis remains complex and continues toreceive government attention.”
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Al-Fayyadh said Nineveh could regain its central role inshaping Iraq within the next five years. Mosul is recovering rapidly from theeffects of ISIS and is now "more secure than Baghdad and Basra."
110 PMF facilities came under airstrikes during the recentescalation of regional tensions, killing 100 PMF members. The group hadsuccessfully mobilized residents in liberated provinces to fight the IslamicState.