Iraq's prime minister tweeted Sunday that he has arrived in the "liberated city of Mosul" and "congratulates the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people in achieving this great victory."
However, state TV reported that ISIS militants are still holding out in one neighborhood.
Mosul is Iraq's biggest city outside of Baghdad, and gaining control of the city was one of ISIS' most significant strategic wins. When the terror group seized Mosul in June 2014, it also took control of more that 2.5 million people and subjected some to horrors.
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