![The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24638105_23896946.jpg?w=808&h=539&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Hemn Baban - Anadolu Agency )")
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]
![The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24638105_23896945.jpg?w=384&h=279&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Hemn Baban - Anadolu Agency )")
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]
![The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24638105_23896944.jpg?w=384&h=256&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Hemn Baban - Anadolu Agency )")
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]
![The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24638105_23896943.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Hemn Baban - Anadolu Agency )")
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]
![The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24638105_23896942.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Hemn Baban - Anadolu Agency )")
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]
![The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24638105_23896941.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Hemn Baban - Anadolu Agency )")
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]
![The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24638105_23896940.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Hemn Baban - Anadolu Agency )")
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]
![The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24638105_23896939.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Hemn Baban - Anadolu Agency )")
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and al-Hadba minaret are seen in in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Hemn Baban /Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi security forces celebrate the success of freeing Mosul from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24637551_23895566.jpg?w=410&h=244&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Iraqi security forces celebrate after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )")
Iraqi security forces celebrate the success of freeing Mosul from Daesh terrorists on 9 July 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi security forces celebrate the success of freeing Mosul from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24637551_23895565.jpg?w=410&h=273&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Iraqi security forces celebrate after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )")
Iraqi security forces celebrate the success of freeing Mosul from Daesh on 9 July 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]
![The Iraqi flag is seen in Mosul after the city was freed from Daesh 9 July 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24637551_23895564.jpg?w=782&h=521&ssl=1 "MOSUL, IRAQ - JULY 9: Iraq flag is seen after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on July 9, 2017. Mosul was captured by Daesh along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in 2014. Earlier Sunday, Iraqi forces battling Daesh militants reached the Tigris riverbanks in the Old City of Mosul. Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq. ( Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )")
The Iraqi flag [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]