Brandishing the flag of the opposition, dozens of Syrian refugees in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Sunday celebrated the fall of ...

An Iraqi border police captain also showed Reuters news agency photos of the Iraqi flag flying at the crossing, saying that it was "officially under the full control of the Iraqi government".

Haider al-Abadi (centre) waved an Iraqi national flag as he celebrated with troops in Mosul Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally declared victory over so-called Islamic State (IS ...