President of Bethnahrin Patriotic Union Joseph Sliwa: Nineveh Plain must be governed by the federal government, not armed groups

The head of the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union, Joseph Sliwa, asserts that the Nineveh Plain should be under federal Iraqi governance rather than controlled by armed factions. He suggests the recent US military departure from Iraq presents a challenge for the Iraqi state's capacity to manage the region.

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