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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the end of the war against the Daesh terrorist group on Saturday, saying Iraqi 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,” the prime minister told a conference organized by the Iraqi journalists’ union, france24.com reported.
Daesh militants seized vast areas north and west of Baghdad in a lightning offensive starting in 2014, seizing nearly a third of Iraq’s territory and endangering the very existence of the Iraqi state.
Iraq’s counter-offensive was launched with the backing of an air campaign waged by a US-led coalition, recapturing town after town from the clutches of the terrorists.
“Our enemy wanted to kill our civilization, but we have won through our unity and our determination. We have triumphed in little time,” Abadi said.