IS detonated a series of explosives inside the al-Nuri mosque as the group retreated in 2017 Mosul photographer Ali al-Baroodi recalls the horror that greeted him when he first entered the area ...

I was very pleased and excited to see my house rebuilt again." The al-Nuri mosque and al-Hadba minaret were both completely destroyed by IS in 2017 (file photo from 2014) Abdullah's family has ...