General view showing the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque and Al-Hadba minaret. Al-Nuri Mosque was built in 1,172 and which also includes the Al-Hadba minaret, is currently being reconstructed in its old design by UNESCO after it was destroyed during the war against ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). The mosque had a symbolic significance for ISIS, as its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared the so-called caliphate from inside the mosque.

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