The destruction of a Mosul mosque where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi gave his first sermon as leader of the Islamic State group is an admission of defeat, Iraq's prime minister said Thursday.
"It's an official declaration of defeat," Haider al-Abadi said in a statement issued hours after news that the Nuri mosque, and the iconic "Hadba" leaning minaret next to it, had been blown up on Wednesday.
GMT 15:01 2017 Thursday ,29 June
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