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Mosul Liberation From Daesh to Be Difficult Fight With Setbacks - Obama

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US President Barack Obama stated that Mosul will be a difficult fight, but he is confident the Daesh terrorist group will be defeated. 18.10.2016, Sputnik International

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Mosul Liberation From Daesh to Be Difficult Fight With Setbacks - Obama

16:39 GMT 18.10.2016 (Updated: 11:20 GMT 06.08.2022)

US President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the police shootings in Dallas after meeting with EU leaders at the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland July 8, 2016. - Sputnik International

US President Barack Obama stated that Mosul will be a difficult fight, but he is confident the Daesh terrorist group will be defeated.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul form the Islamic State terror group will be challenging and is likely to encounter setbacks, President Barack Obama stated in a press conference on Tuesday.

"Mosul will be a difficult fight, and there will be advances and there will be setbacks, but I am confident…ISIL [Islamic State] will be defeated in Mosul as well," Obama said after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.