Tehran, Dec 29, IRNA - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has vowed to rid the entire country of Daesh in 2016, shortly after government forces liberated the city of Ramadi from the Takfiri terrorists.


�If 2015 was a year of liberation, 2016 will be the year of great victories, terminating the presence of Daesh in Iraq and Mesopotamia,' he said during a televised address in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday.

According to dispatches, the prime minister went on to congratulate Iraqi forces for their recapturing of the Anbar provincial capital that had fallen into Takfiri hands in May.

Without giving specifics, Abadi added, �We are coming to liberate Mosul, which will be the fatal blow to Daesh.'

Following the announcement of the city�s libration, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri, stated that the military will use the liberation of Ramadi as a �launch pad� for the northern city of Mosul which was overran by Takfiri forces in June 2014.

By IRNA