Iraqi Government Declares Mosul Liberated From Islamic State
- City had fallen to the militants in June 2014 as army fled
- Baghdadi declared his caliphate from now destroyed mosque
Iraq Proclaims Mosul Liberated
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi traveled to Mosul to declare it liberated from Islamic State, three years after the city’s abrupt fall to the jihadists alerted the world to the group’s growing strength, territorial ambitions and barbarity.
Abadi congratulated the Iraqi people and fighters on a “great victory” as the last pockets under Islamic State control were being retaken, according to a tweet from his media office.