Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture of Mosul mosque – Economic Times
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Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture of Mosul mosque
Economic Times MOSUL/ERBIL (IRAQ): After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of Islamic State’s de facto capital Mosul, and the prime minister declared the group’s self-styled caliphate … A Mosul Mosque in Rubble, Victim of Militants’ Destruction Women, children returning from Islamic State warzones: EU Iraq to see end of Islamic State ‘caliphate’ after recapture of Mosul mosque |