Iraqis take to Baghdad streets to celebrate victory over Islamic State

Record ID: 898708

  • Title: Iraqis take to Baghdad streets to celebrate victory over Islamic State
  • Date: 10th July 2017
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JULY 10, 2017) (REUTERS) CARS DRIVING AND HONKING IN STREET FAMILY IN CAR WITH CHILD WAVING LARGE IRAQI FLAG FROM ROOF WINDOW OF CAR CARS HONKING, CHILD STANDING OUT OF CAR ROOF WINDOW HOLDING IRAQI FLAG IRAQI FLAG WITH FIREWORK GOING OFF IN SKY MAN WAVING IRAQI FLAG OUT OF CAR (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) BAGHDAD RESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMED, SAYING: "As you can see victory has brought happiness and joy to all the Iraqi people. We pray to the Almighty God that peace and security prevails in Iraq. Iraqi people have suffered a lot and we hope that Mosul people will return to their homes.” GROUP OF IRAQI BIKERS DRIVING IN STREET CARRYING IRAQI FLAGS CAR DRIVING, WITH CHILDREN MAKING "V" SIGN FROM ROOF WINDOW OF CAR (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) BAGHDAD RESIDENT, ABBAS HASHIM, SAYING: "I feel happy about the victory achieved by the Iraqi security forces and the return of Mosul to the fold of the homeland. We pray to God for quick return of displaced people to Mosul city.” CARS CARRYING IRAQI FLAGS HONKING HORNS IN CELEBRATION
  • Embargoed: 24th July 2017 20:40
  • Keywords: Mosul victory Baghdad Islamic State celebration
  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • City: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016P4Z5TZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: : Spontaneous celebrations erupted throughout Iraq on Monday (July 10) following Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's formal declaration of victory over Islamic State in Mosul, three years after the militants seized the city and made it the stronghold of a "caliphate" they said would take over the world.
    Hundreds of Iraqis gathered in downtown Baghdad to celebrate the declaration. Many driving in their cars honked horns and flew Iraqi flags out of windows.
    A 100,000-strong coalition of Iraqi government units, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Shi'ite militias launched the offensive to recapture the city from the militants in October, with key air and ground support from a U.S.-led coalition.
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