Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque
Islamic State (IS) militants on Wednesday blew up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraqi forces say, BBC reports.
The Iraqi statement said both the mosque and its distinctive Hadba (hunchback) leaning minaret had been blown up. Aerial photos show that the mosque and minaret has been largely destroyed.
The ancient landmark with its famous leaning minaret was where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a "caliphate" in 2014.
However, IS claims that US aircraft destroyed the complex, in a statement issued by its news outlet Amaq.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said blowing up the mosque was "an official declaration of defeat" by IS.
A senior US commander in Iraq said IS had destroyed "one of Mosul and Iraq's great treasures".
Construction began on the mosque in 1172.
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