article_snippet.sent: Iraqi  Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived Wednesday to claim the victory, which took place a year after the city was first attacked by ISIS.
article_snippet.sent: Al-Abadi, who is also Iraq's top military commander, had announced the previous evening on Iraqiya TV that the city was under the control of Iraqi forces.
article_snippet.sent: But al-Ghabban said the Iraqi government would be in full control shortly.
article_snippet.sent: Al-Abadi said those tactics would now be replicated in other areas.