July 12th, 2017

Iraq strikes Islamic State in Mosul days after declaring victory

Iraqi forces clashed with Islamic State militants holding out in Mosul’s Old City on Wednesday, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory over the jihadists in what they had declared the de facto Iraqi capital of their “caliphate”.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-mosul-idUSKBN19X14G