Mosul, Iraq, Feb 5, 2025 (AFP) - Iraq's famed 'hunchback' of Mosul rebuilt brick by brick

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2025-02-05

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule. The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 declared his "caliphate" that committed atrocities across swathes of both Syria and Iraq. The mosque and minaret were destroyed in June 2017 during the......

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