IS Blows Up Mosul Mosque Where Baghdadi Announced ‘caliphate’
Jihadists on Wednesday blew up Mosul’s iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque where their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a “caliphate” in his only public appearance in 2014, an Iraqi commander said. The Islamic State group swiftly issued a statement via its Amaq propaganda agency blaming a US strike. “Our forces were advancing toward … Read more