Isis blows up Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul where caliphate was declared, Iraqi army says
The famous mosque is seen behind this crowd in Mosul: AP/ Isis fighters have blown up the historic Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul, the Iraqi military has said, with the venerated site destroyed as government forces battled jihadi fighters nearby. Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service had advanced to within 50 metres of the mosque during a push to take over the spot where the so-called caliphate was declared by Isis's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in summer 2014 following the jihadi group's capture of large swathes of Iraqi territory. Isis "terror ...
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