Members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units) watch the televised statement of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the southern city of Basra on December9, 2017.
Abadi declared victory in a three-year war by Iraqi forces to expel the Islamic State jihadist group that at its height endangered Iraq's very existence. / AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI        (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images)