The militants blew up the great mosque of Mosul MOSCOW, June 21. /TASS/. Terrorists from grouping “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in the Russian Federation) blew up the mosque “Al-Nuri” in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where the leader of the IG Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced the creation of a “Caliphate”. This was announced on Wednesday the commander of the operation to expel militants from Mosul General Abdel Amir Yaralla, TV channel Al-Sumaria. According to him, the terrorists blew up the mosque “al-Nouri” and the famous “Humpbacked” minaret, “committing a historical crime.” The leaning tower of #Mosul al Nuri Mosque where Baghdadi appeared as #IS Caliph. Now in sight of Iraq forces pic.twitter.com/kqFi0i94OD — Jonathan Beale (@bealejonathan) April 15, 2017. The previously reported June 21 that the government, sosredotochimsya offensive on the Old city of Mosul, managed to approach to a distance of 200 meters from the mosque. The command
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