Iraq has declared victory over ISIS in the city of Mosul after eight-month battle to recapture it from terrorists.
The city was overrun in 2014 when ISIS declared its caliphate and a mission to recapture the city – backed by the US – began in October last year.
The Prime Minister, Haider Abadi, arrived in the city one day after Iraqi state television said victory was within hours.
His office wrote on Twitter: “Prime Minister Dr. Haider Abadi arrives in the liberated city of Mosul and blesses the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people to achieve the great victory.”
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