Iraq’s prime minister returns to Mosul and declares “total victory” in the fight against the Islamic State group there, though some fighting is expected to continue.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has congratulated Iraqi troops on their “victory” on previous occasions despite ongoing clashes. The latest announcement came in a statement posted on Twitter.
Hours earlier, reporters from The Associated Press saw heavy fighting still underway. It was not immediately clear if the clashes had ended.
US-backed Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to retake Mosul in October, and in recent days, they had confined the remaining few hundred militants in an area measuring less than a square kilometer (about a third of a square mile).
Al-Abadi visited Mosul on Sunday to congratulate the troops, even as fighting still raged nearby.
— AP
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