User blog comment:ChalupaBatman87/Next TES:V DLC/@comment-4549272-20130103044319/@comment-58.170.242.25-20130104021328

Yep. Literally all Thalmor in the Imperial City were killed, and there is no reason why there would be a mass Thalmor presence in the Imperial City at all. An Embassy of sorts, maybe. And yeah, both sides were battered by the war, albeit the Empire more so I believe.