Iraqi government forces attacked ISIL’s remaining redoubt in Mosul’s Old City on Friday, a day after formally declaring the end of the insurgents’ self-declared caliphate and the capture of the historic mosque which symbolized their power. Dozens of civilians fled in the direction of the Iraqi forces, mostly women and ...
Iraq will declare victory in the eight-month battle to retake second city Mosul from Takfiri terrorists in the “next few days,” a senior commander said on Friday. “In the next few days, we will announce the final victory over Daesh,” Staff Lieutenant General Abdulghani al-Assadi told AFP in Mosul, using ...