Abadi declares ‘total victory’ over ISIL in Mosul
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally declared victory over the Islamic State of the Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Mosul. "I announce from here the end and the failure and the collapse of the terrorist state of falsehood and terrorism which the terrorist Daesh announced from Mosul," Abadi said on Monday evening, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State. Abadi, wearing a black military uniform and flanked by commanders […]
