The Battle for Mosul
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On July 9, the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in Mosul after the city was finally retaken from ISIS. It was only three years ago, in June 2014, around 1,500 fighters from ISIS routed a force over 20 times its size (surrender) and captured Iraq's second-largest city.
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