The Recapture of Mosul

Iraq is declaring victory over Isis in Mosul as the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, wearing black military uniform, arrived in the city to congratulate his soldiers at the end of an epic nine-month long battle. Elite Iraqi government forces raised the Iraqi flag on the banks of the Tigris River this morning, though ISIS snipers are still shooting from the last buildings they hold in the Old City...