Iraq reinstates over 13,000 policemen previously fired after IS seizes Mosul

Iraqi Interior Minister Yassin al-Yasiri shakes hands with a police officers in Mosul, Iraq on Aug. 11, 2019. The Iraqi Interior Ministry reinstated more than 13,000 police personnel after being fired following the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants took control of Iraq's northern city of Mosul in 2014. (Xinhua)