Today, December 9, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq , Haider al-Abadi said that the three-year war against the terrorist group ISIS is finished.
The Iraqi representative stressed that all Iraqi-Syrian border under their control.
The U.S. state Department welcomed the country to the end of the «evil occupation» ISIS in Iraq and said that the fight the group will continue.
A group of jihadists in 2014 made a military conquest of large parts of Syria and Iraq, proclaiming in areas where a population of about 10 million people, the»Caliphate». The peak of the Board of the quasi-state was in 2015 when its leaders de-facto «erased» the border between Iraq and Syria, printed their own currency, establish their own laws and organized attacks in many cities around the world, including in the United States.
But last year was a turning point in the war against the Islamic state. As a result of special operation with the participation of the United States, Britain, France and other countries have been able to release the actual ISIL capital of ar Raqqah from militants.
On the 9th of November 2017, the Syrian army took control of the last «fortress» of ISIS – the city of Abu Kamal. After this, the military cleared from the fringe the entire border area between Syria and Iraq.
«Our enemy wanted to kill our civilization, but we won through our unity and our determination. We won it in the shortest possible time,» said Abadi.
Despite the victory over LIH, the conditions that contribute to the growth of jihadism remain even in those areas that have been released. That is why many experts believe that it is too early to talk about the end of the struggle with the ideology of the organization.
