Iraqi PM declares victory over ISIS in Mosul

Children celebrate the liberation of Mosul.
(Image credit: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday the Islamic State is finished in Mosul, after three years of occupying one of the largest cities in the country.

In a statement from his office, al-Abadi said "the battle is settled and the remaining pockets of ISIS are encircled in the last inches of the city," and went on to congratulate "the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people on the achievement of the major victory." Al-Abadi went to Mosul on Sunday to mark the occasion, and was greeted by throngs of cheering residents as celebrations took place across the country.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.