(MENAFN) Iraqis prepared to celebrate victory over IS in Mosul, just blocks away from battles raging in the last few districts where the militants are in.
Meanwhile, authorities are aiming a week of nationwide celebrations, and Prime Minister al-abadi is projected to visit Mosul to declare victory.
Additionally, Mosul's fall would mark the effective end of the Iraqi half of the caliphate which IS declared three years ago in parts of Iraq and Syria.
Accordingly, soldiers from the elite Counter-Terrorism Service retook the Makawi district of Mosul's Old City.
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