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This handout picture released by Iraq’s Prime Minister’s Media Office shows PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani meeting with the US Secretary of State in Baghdad on December 13, 2024. (Photo by IRAQI PRIME MINISTER’S PRESS OFFICE / AFP)

Baghdad, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Sunday ordered for the inauguration of the airport in second city Mosul to be held in June, marking 11 years since jihadists took over the city.

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On June 10, 2014, the Islamic State group seized Mosul, declaring its “caliphate” from there 19 days later after capturing large swathes of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.

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After years of fierce battles, Iraqi forces backed by a US-led international coalition dislodged the group from Mosul in July 2017, before declaring its defeat across the country at the end of that year.

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In a Sunday statement, Sudani’s office said the premier directed during a visit there “for the airport’s opening to be on June 10, coinciding with the anniversary of Mosul’s occupation, as a message of defiance in the face of terrorism”.

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Over 80 percent of the airport’s runway and terminals have been completed, according to the statement.

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Mosul’s airport had been completely destroyed in the fighting.

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In August 2022, then-prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi laid the foundation stone for the airport’s reconstruction.

Sudani’s office also announced on Sunday the launch of a project to rehabilitate the western bank of the Tigris in Mosul, affirming that “Iraq is secure and stable and on the right path”.

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