No timeline for offensive in Mosul, says U.S. envoy John Allen

(IraqiNews.com) On Tuesday, U.S. special presidential envoy appointed to coordinate the international coalition against ISIS said no timeline will be imposed on the offensive operation to liberate the Iraqi key city of Mosul.

The U.S. envoy to the international coalition against ISIS, retired Marine Gen. John Allen, said in regards to putting a timeline for the offensive operation to take back the city of Mosul, “We need to resist trying to put a timeline on it.”

“We just need to be ready when the time comes,” Allen said.

Answering what is going to be done for the displaced families in the liberated territories, Allen asserted, “There will be an immediate need for humanitarian relief, maybe humanitarian rescue, medical, food electricity, flow of fresh water.”