Iraqi PM declares 'end of war against IS' in Iraq


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Baghdad:Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Saturday "the end of the war" in Iraq against the Islamic State group and that his forces had regained full control of the border with Syria.

"Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border and I therefore announce the end of the war against Daesh (IS)," Abadi told a conference in Baghdad.

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