THE Iraqi Communist Party has hailed Mosul’s liberation from the Isis death cult — but called for social and political transformation in its wake.

In a statement dated Sunday and seen by the Morning Star yesterday, the party said: “Iraqis are marking a great victory, clearing their land of the plague of Daesh” — the Arabic acronym for Isis.

The communists lauded the “greatest examples of heroism and sacrifice for the cause of liberation” shown by the armed forces, Shi’ite Popular Mobilisation Units, Kurdish peshmerga and local militia fighters in predominantly Sunni Muslim areas.