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    Mosul Has Been Liberated From ISIS Control, Iraq's Prime Minister Says

    by Bill Chappell Jul 09, 2017 1 minute
    Iraqi federal police members celebrate in the Old City of Mosul on Sunday, after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said he was in "liberated" Mosul to congratulate "the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people on the achievement of the major victory." / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / Getty Images

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is declaring victory in Mosul, saying that the city where ISIS declared its "caliphate" three years ago has finally been liberated. Fighting is still being reported in part of the northern city on the

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