Islamic State blows up landmark Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul
Islamic State militants blew up on Wednesday the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, an Iraqi military statement said. It was from this medieval mosque that the militants’ leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a self-styled ‘caliphate’ spanning parts of Syria and Iraq three years ago. Islamic State’s Amaq news agency accused […]
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