Battle for Mosul: Ruins of Great Mosque of al-Nuri retaken
Iraqi security forces have recaptured the site of the destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul after driving back militants from so-called Islamic State. A BBC reporter who is embedded with troops says the complex is still exposed to sniper and mortar fire. Militants blew up the mosque and its landmark leaning minaret last week. Using a pejorative term for the jihadist group, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said retaking the site marked "the end of the fake Daesh state". "We will not relent, our brave forces will bring victory," he added. "We will continue to fight Daesh until every last one of them is killed or brought to justice." IS 'caliphate' crumbles as Iraq tightens noose on Mosul The secret lives of young IS fighters War against IS: Have RAF air strikes killed civilians? The mosque is of great symbolic importance to both sides because Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only public appearance as IS leader there days after the ji
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