The mosque, which is also known as Mosul's Great Mosque, is where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a so-called Islamic caliphate in 2014 shortly after Mosul was overrun by the militants.

When ISIS fighters seized the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, they tried to destroy the Great Mosque of al-Nuri's minaret, regarding it as a idolatrous. But residents formed a human chain around it ...

One symbol of that is the rebuilding of an iconic leaning minaret of the 12th century al-Nuri mosque. ISIS blew it up in a final act of vandalism as it fled the city in 2017.

It was from Al-Nuri mosque that Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the then-leader of IS, proclaimed the establishment of the group's "caliphate" in July 2014. The jihadists took over large swathes of territory in ...

Abdullatif Al-Humaym, the head of Sunni Muslim endowments in all of Iraq, places the cornerstone for the rebuilding of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in Mosul. The historic mosque and its leaning ...

Destruction of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in Mosul, photographed in 2019. (Levi Clancy /Wikimedia Commons) For Fethi, the project’s problems extend far beyond its aesthetics.

MOSUL, Iraq -- With their control of Mosul slipping away, Islamic State militants decided to send a message of defiance: They blew up the 12th century al-Nuri Mosque, along with its famous leaning ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - The Islamic State group destroyed Mosul's al-Nuri mosque and its iconic leaning minaret known as al-Hadba late Wednesday night when fighters detonated explosives inside the ...

Iraq Mosul Religion Belief Abrahamic Religions Great Mosque Of Al-Nuri Islam MOSUL, Iraq (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Archaeologists have uncovered a prayer room that they say is 800 years old.

The area around al-Nuri was heavily bombed by Iraqi and U.S. forces in the final battle for Mosul in 2017. Much of the Old City was destroyed or damaged. Nearby buildings still lie in piles of rubble.