Centrepiece of Mosul's heritage, Grand Mosque was an obvious target – The Indian Express
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Centrepiece of Mosul’s heritage, Grand Mosque was an obvious target
The Indian Express The IS, which has lost large swathes of land over the past year, perhaps did not want to lose the structure, where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had declared his so-called “caliphate” in 2014. Seeing the Iraqi flag over the minaret would have been a major moral … Shock and anger in Mosul after Islamic State destroys historic mosque | Reuters Iraqis: IS blew up mosque in ‘formal declaration of defeat’ Rival groups vie for supremacy as fight against Isis reaches tipping point |