On Sunday 9 July, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Christos Stylianides hailed the liberation of the Iraqi city of Mosul by Iraqi armed forces with the support of the global coalition for countering so-called Islamic State (Da'esh).
"The recovery of Mosul from the hands of Da'esh marks a decisive step in the campaign to eliminate terrorist control in parts of Iraq and to free its people",...