Haider al-Abadi has arrived in the city to congratulate his forces for retaking the city, after an offensive lasting six months.
Photos show fighters cheering, waving their weapons and taking selfies to celebrate the ‘liberation’ of the city from ISIS terrorists, who had forced people living there to witness public executions and changed the school curriculum to focus on weapons.
‘The commander in chief of the armed forces (Prime Minister) Haider al-Abadi arrived in the liberated city of Mosul and congratulated the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people for the great victory,’ said a statement from his office.
Bombardments and fighting had increased in recent weeks, with witnesses describing seeing ISIS terrorists dying in the streets.
Thousands of refugees fled to the relative safety of camps, where more than 897,000 people have been displaced from Mosul.
It was the city where ISIS first declared their ‘caliphate’ in 2014.
