Iraqi Prime Minister Declares ‘End of War’ Against ISIS – By Tom Porter (newsweek.com) / Dec 9 2017
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Saturday the “end of the war” against militant group Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, and said that Iraqi forces had regained control of the country’s border with Syria.
“Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border and I, therefore, announce the end of the war against Daesh,” Abadi told a conference in Baghdad, as cited by AFP.
In conjunction with partner forces, @CJTFOIR defeats ISIS in designated areas of Iraq and Syria and sets conditions for follow-on operations to increase regional stability.https://t.co/AmcTYmAqiE
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ISIS seized control of swaths of Iraq and Syria in a lightning campaign in 2014, but in recent months has lost control of Mosul, its de-facto Iraqi capital, which was re-taken by Iraqi government forces in July after months of pitched battle. Raqqa, the organisation’s Syrian base and self-declared capital, was retaken by Arab and Kurdish militias in September.
Last month, Baghdad announced that its forces had driven ISIS from Rawa, the last Iraqi town near the Syrian border still was held by the group.
http://www.newsweek.com/iraqi-prime-minister-declares-end-war-against-isis-743359
PB/TK – Applause! Applause! You’ve just removed a terror from your country by pushing them into neighboring countries, you ain’t going to Disneyland. Don’t become laxed, Don’t let your guard down because removing is not total victory.
