Bringing the near nine month battle for the city to an end. The Iraqi Military was made to fight for every street. Haider al abadi has been seen walking through mosuls streets, congratulating the troops alongside him. He was expected to make a speech, formally declaring victory, but that has not yet happened. A few hours ago, mr al abadi took to twitter to deliver the news. Iraqi Security Forces have been celebrating on the streets of mosul. Its three years since the Group Calling itself Islamic State seized control of iraqs second largest city. It still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. These images from the old city show the scale of the destruction. Earlier there were reports of continuing clashes, the so called Islamic State group still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. Our Correspondentjonathan Beale reports from the front line. What was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. Every building deeply scarred, or destroyed by months of war. We join