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Minaret base of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri after its destruction in 2017. By June 2017, the Battle of Mosul had progressed to the stage that IS-controlled territory in Mosul was limited to the Old City area, which included the mosque. On 21 June 2017, Iraqi government forces reported that the mosque had been blown up by IS forces at 9:50 PM ...
Leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in 2013. Destroyed by IS on 22 June 2017 during the Battle of Mosul. In 2016, IS destroyed the Minaret of Anah in Al Anbar Province, which dates back to the Abbasid Caliphate. The minaret was only rebuilt in 2013 after its destruction by an unknown perpetrator during the Iraqi Civil War in 2006 ...
Historic buildings in Mosul, including churches and mosques, are being reopened following years of devastation resulting from the Iraqi city's takeover by the extremist Islamic State (IS) group ...
Buildings and structures destroyed by ISIL (35 P) Pages in category "Demolished buildings and structures in Iraq" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
PARIS/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will finance a $50.4 million project to rebuild Mosul's Grand al-Nuri Mosque, famous for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, that was blown up ...
It later also released a statement that the 9th Armored Division had captured al-Shifaa district, thus encircling the Old City. [347] 21 June The al-Nuri mosque destroyed by ISIS, 21 June 2017. Iraqi forces began a push towards the Grand al-Nuri mosque on 21 June, with CTS coming within 200 to 300 meters of it according to a military statement.
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned ...
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