<br /> <p>Iraqi forces raised the national flag</a> by the Tigris riverside in Mosul’s old city, Al Jazeera reported on July 9, as Iraq state television said that Mosul was almost completely recaptured from Islamic State (IS),</p><p>About 100 IS fighters had reportedly been trapped in a sliver of the Old City along the Tigris. Many Islamic State fighters vowed to “fight to the death," Reuters reported</a> on July 8, noting that, without Mosul, IS in Iraq would control mainly rural, desert areas west and south of the city . Credit: Facebook/BrothersIRQ via Storyful</p><br />
