MOSUL: Islamic State´s "state offalsehood" has come to an end, Iraqi Prime Minister Haideral-Abadi said on Thursday, after Iraqi troops captured thewrecked historic mosque of Mosul in which the insurgentsdeclared their self-styled caliphate three years ago.
"The return of al-Nuri Mosque and al-Hadba minaret to thefold of the nation marks the end of the Daesh state offalsehood," Abadi said in a statement, referring to theultra-hardline group by an Arabic acronym.
He said Iraqi forces would continue to hunt Islamic State´sfighters "to kill them and detain them, down to the last one".
The insurgents blew up the medieval mosque and its famedleaning minaret a week ago as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces advancedtowards it.
Their black flag had been flying from al-Hadba (TheHunchback) minaret since June 2014.