Iraq's PM declares end of war on Daesh

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has declared the end of military operations against the Daesh terrorist group in the Arab country.

“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 on Saturday.

The Iraqi armed forces later said in a statement that the country has been “totally liberated” from Daesh.

The announcement came after the Iraqi army soldiers, backed by allied fighters, managed to clear the western desert bordering Syria of the last pockets of Takfiri terrorists.

Abadi had reserved announcing an ultimate victory over Daesh until after those last small concentrations were cleansed.

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