The illuminated ruins of the 13th century palace Qara Serai – the Black Palace – of the Zengid Turkoman Sultan Badr Al Din Lu'lu', in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, on the seventh anniversary of the city's fall to ISIS. AFP

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Iraqi city of Mosul still damaged seven years after ISIS occupation - in pictures

Many buildings still lie in ruins from the 2014 to 2017 occupation and subsequent battle to retake the city

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June 12, 2021

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