Iraq won a victory over “brutality and terrorism” in Mosul that marks the collapse of the terrorists’ state, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Monday.

But with the military mission against the ISIL group in Iraq’s second city completed, the country now faces other challenges, including stabilization and rebuilding, he said.

“Our victory today is a victory over darkness, a victory over brutality and terrorism, and I announce to the whole world today the end and failure and collapse of the mythical terrorist (ISIL) state,” Abadi announced in west Mosul.

Source: AFP