Iraq said Thursday that its U.S.-backed forces had taken control of the airport in Mosul, which Islamic State extremists had controlled since 2014.
ກຳລັງ ໜຸນຫຼັງ ໂດຍ ສຫລ ຍຶດເມືອງໂມຊູລ ຄືນ

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Islamic State militants left behind a vehicle bombed with chlorine explosives at the airport after being run out by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)

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Iraqi forces celebrate their victory over Islamic State militants as they hold the IS flag upside down in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)