After 8 grueling months of urban skirmishes and guerrilla warfare, Iraqi troops have captured the historic 850-year old Grand al-Nuri mosque, a symbolic liberation of the city of Mosul from ISIS caliphate, Reuters reports. The Islamic State’s caliphate was based out of the sacred mosque. Insurgents detonated al-Nuri’s iconic al-Hadba minaret just a week before … Continue reading Iraq: Mosul on the brick of liberation// Irak: la « victoire » face à l’EI à Mossoul annoncée bientôt →