Iraqi youths dressed in Father Christmas suits walk with children by the ruins of the Great Mosque o
Iraqi youths dressed in Father Christmas suits walk with children by the ruins of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri as they distribute gifts in the old city of Mosul on December 26, 2018.The Al-Nuri mosque holds symbolic importance as it was from here that al-Baghdadi declared the creation of the caliphate in 2014. On 21 June 2017, Iraqi government forces reported that the mosque had been blown up by ISIS.> Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye (2018). -- source link
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