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Iraqi PM declares 'end of war against IS' in Iraq

Published: 09 Dec 2017 - 01:48 pm | Last Updated: 08 Nov 2021 - 10:44 pm
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AFP

Baghdad: Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Saturday "the end of the war" in Iraq against the Islamic State group and that his forces had regained full control of the border with Syria.

"Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border and I therefore announce the end of the war against Daesh (IS)," Abadi told a conference in Baghdad.