Mosul liberated after nine-month battle with Islamic State

Thousands dead and a million displaced following end of bloody campaign

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(Image credit: Ahmed Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraq's Prime Minister announced yesterday that Mosul has been recaptured from Islamic State militants after a gruelling nine-month battle.

Haider al-Abadi travelled to the city to congratulate "the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people on the achievement of the major victory".

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