Landmark Great Mosque of al-Nuri blown up in Mosul
epa06041871 (FILE) – People walk in front of the Al-Noori Al-Kabeer mosque in Mosul, Iraq, 09 July 2014 (reissued 21 June 2017). According to media reports on 21 June 2017 citing Iraq’s military, the Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its leaning minaret have been destroyed by members of the Islamic State militant group. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Sunni extremist group IS appeared for the first time in public at the mosque to declared caliphate on 04 July 2014. EPA/STR
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