Donor countries were set to pledge what officials hoped would be up to $2 billion to help civilians return to normal...
Most of the 560 additional troops will work out of Qayara air base, which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State...
It would "be important for the liberation of Mosul".
The aggressive purge laid the groundwork for the deadly sectarian conflict ravaging the country today.
The militants were "trying to compensate for their humiliating defeat in Falluja."
"Their deaths have critically degraded ISIL's leadership experience in Mosul."
Iraqi Shiite militiamen worked with other Iraqi forces "as one team, and we (achieved) this great victory."