Masum denounces ISIS detonation of Mosul's al-Nouri, al-Hadba Minaret

Iraqi President Fuad Masum has denounced the detonation of the Great Mosque of al-Nouri and al-Hadba Minaret in Mosul city at the hands of ISIS terrorists, a statement revealed on Wednesday.

In the statement, Masoum stressed that the retaliatory crime is an evidence that the terrorist group's end has become imminent, noting that the government have to exert intensive efforts to rebuild the historical, religious and national monument as soon as possible.

Committing such a crime reveals the barbarous mentality and distorted of ISIS terrorists and their blind hatred of Iraqis and their religious and historical heritage, the Iraqi President said.

The Iraqi Army announced on Wednesday night that ISIS had blown up the historic mosque.

The Iraqi army had launched a push, backed by British and American forces, to regain the mosque and surrounding areas from the group's terrorists earlier in the day.

The fight to retake Mosul, which has been a key ISIS stronghold, was launched more than eight months ago and has displaced more than 850,000 people.



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