Celebrating the end
of Isis in Mosul
Fighters celebrating their advances yesterday (Picture: Getty)
After a nine month offensive, there are relable
reports that the last Isis fighters have now been
driven out of the Mosul, which is where they first
declared their so-called ‘caliphate’.
reports that the last Isis fighters have now been
driven out of the Mosul, which is where they first
declared their so-called ‘caliphate’.
Photos show fighters cheering, waving their
weapons and taking selfies to celebrate the
‘liberation’
of the city from hard-line Islamists, who had
forced people living there to witness public
executions and changed the school curriculum to
focus on weapons and self-serving
interpretations
of religious teaching.
weapons and taking selfies to celebrate the
‘liberation’
of the city from hard-line Islamists, who had
forced people living there to witness public
executions and changed the school curriculum to
focus on weapons and self-serving
interpretations
of religious teaching.
Around 30 Isis fighters were killed trying to
escape
by swimming across the Tigris river, despite
previously vowing to fight to the death.
escape
by swimming across the Tigris river, despite
previously vowing to fight to the death.
Bombardments and fighting had increased in
recent weeks, with witnesses describing seeing
Isis fighters dying in the streets.
recent weeks, with witnesses describing seeing
Isis fighters dying in the streets.
Thousands of refugees fled to the relative safety
of camps after the battle left large parts of Mosul
in ruins,
killed thousands of civilians and displaced nearly
one million people.
of camps after the battle left large parts of Mosul
in ruins,
killed thousands of civilians and displaced nearly
one million people.
The decaying corpses of militants lay in the narrow
streets of the Old City where Islamic State has
staged a last stand against Iraqi forces backed by
a US-led coalition.
streets of the Old City where Islamic State has
staged a last stand against Iraqi forces backed by
a US-led coalition.
A statement from the government said: ‘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.’
Isis had vowed to ‘fight to the death’ in Mosul, but Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool told state TV earlier on Sunday that 30 militants had been killed attempting to escape by swimming across the River Tigris that bisects the city.
Cornered in a shrinking area, the militants have resorted to sending women suicide bombers among the thousands of civilians who are emerging from the battlefield wounded, malnourished and fearful.
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