MEP: US Deputy of Defense Secretary Robert O. Work in an interview to POLITICO stated that the operation of Mosul liberation will achieve its success within two weeks.
He highlighted the role of Americans in this battle and announced their readiness for every kind of help to Iraq forces.
He also warned Erdogan not to intervene in the battle and withdraw his troops from the region. In this interview, he also asserted that they will not share this success with anybody.
The operation began on Monday hours after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced in a brief speech aired on state television just before 2 a.m. that the long-awaited campaign to liberate Mosul had begun.
