Iraq´s Abadi: a `hero´ who succeeded against all odds
(WorldNews France)

When Haider al-Abadi was tasked with forming a new Iraqi government in August 2014, just weeks after a lightning offensive by Islamic State, many believed he would fail. Three years later, the stocky prime minister has transformed what many in Iraq considered “mission impossible� into a success story. He has rebuilt the crumbling armed forces, chased IS from more than 90 per cent of territory it had seized – around a third of Iraq – and retaken disputed areas in the......