Isis’ caliphate has been destroyed and the group’s reign in Iraq is over, say coalition forces

Iraqi troops have seized the ruins of Mosul’s grand mosque from Isis, the military said in an announcement, declaring the extremists’ reign in the country to be over. “Their fictitious state has fallen,” Iraqi military spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, told state TV on Thursday – three years to the day since Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the establishment of the so-called caliphate from the same spot. More follows…

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