MOSUL, June 29: Iraqi troops have seized the ruins of Mosul’s grand mosque from ISIS, the military said in an announcement, declaring the extremists’ reign in the country to be over.
“Their fictitious state has fallen,” Iraqi military spokesperson, Brig Adier General Yahya Rasool, told State TV on Thursday – three years to the day since Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the establishment of the so-called caliphate from the same spot.
ISIS blew up the 12th century Al-Nuri mosque last week after it became apparent US-backed Iraqi forces had begun a push in its direction. (AGENCIES)
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