Abadi orders end to years-old nightly curfew in Baghdad
Iraq is to put an end to a decade-old nightly curfew in the capital, Baghdad, following an order by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a military official says.
Brigadier General Saad Maan, the spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command, said on Thursday that Abadi “ordered that the curfew in the city of Baghdad be completely lifted.”
Maan added that the army will lift the curfew as of February 7.
The official added that Abadi made the decision on Wednesday when he was briefed on the security situation of Baghdad during a visit to the Command headquarters.
The move came as the Iraqi army, backed by volunteer forces, is battling the ISIL terrorist group, which launched a terror campaign in Iraq last June.
On February 1, Iraq’s Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said anti-terrorism military operations in the country could end within months.
The Iraqi military now aims to retake the country’s second largest city of Mosul, located some 400 kilometers (248 miles) north of Baghdad, which fell into the hands of the militants last summer.
Obeidi added that the beginning of the offensive for recapturing the city would lead to the final phase of military operations against Takfiri groups in Iraq.
Iraqi soldiers, police units, Kurdish forces, Shia volunteers and Sunni tribesmen have recently succeeded in driving the terrorists out of some areas in Iraq.
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