Mosul regains its identity with the reconstruction of an iconic minaret

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Mosul regains its identity with the reconstruction of an iconic minaret

Mosul, Iraq. The emblematic Al Hadba minaret shines again in Mosul, symbol of the safeguarding of Iraqi heritage, after having been destroyed during the fights against the jihadists of the Islamic State group, who had made the city their bastion. The minaret is part of the historic Al Nuri mosque, where the former leader of the group IS, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, proclaimed in July 2014 its "califate", summing large parts of Iraq and Syria in horror…