Five years later, calls for accountability over fall of Mosul continue
On the fifth anniversary of the fall of Mosul, people decry that no one has been held accountable for the tragedy.
With much of it still in ruins amid struggles to restore its basic infrastructure, Mosul is marking the fifth anniversary of its dramatic fall to the Islamic State.
On June 11, Ayad Allawi, the head of Wataniya Alliance, called for a full investigation of the June 2014 fall of Mosul.
The Sadrist Sairoon bloc also called on the Iraqi parliament to reopen the file involving Mosul's collapse.
"Five years have passed since the fall of Mosul, and its wounds are still felt by Iraqis’ conscience and memory," said Hamdallah al-Rikabi, a spokesman for the bloc. "The consequences of that disaster are still visible. The people are still displaced and the infrastructure is destroyed, while people are suffering the loss of parents and beloved ones, whether they are martyrs or missing persons."
