ISIS declares defeat in Mosul, designates new base of operations

ISIS has declared its defeat in Mosul, saying it was due to use the fight-or-flight strategy, a local source said on Friday.

The source asserted that ISIS declaration of defeat came in a speech by an ISIS top leader Abu al-Baraa al-Mousali in Tal Afar.

Al-Mousali also designated Tal Afar as a temporary base of operations for the group.

This comes in the wake of ISIS defeat in the right bank of Mosul as Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced, upon the recapture of Grand al-Nuri Mosque's site in the right bank of Mosul.