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Iraq PM declares victory over IS in Mosul

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory July 10 over the Islamic State group in Mosul after nearly nine months of grueling combat to drive the militants out of Iraq's second-largest city.

"We announce the total victory for Iraq and all Iraqis," al-Abadi said, speaking from a small base on the edge of Mosul's Old City, where the last pockets of resistance had been holding out.

"This great feast day crowned the victories of the fighters and the Iraqis for the past three years," he said. (Reuters)

イラク首相、モスル制圧を宣言

イラクのハイダル・アル＝アバディ首相は7月10日にイラク北部のモスルを訪問し、過激派組織「イスラム国（IS）」が最大拠点としてきた都市の完全制圧を宣言した。

The Japan Times ST: July 21, 2017