Al Nuri Mosque compound in Mosul. ISIS terrorists blew up the mosque and its iconic leaning minaret after their leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi declared a ‘caliphate’. All photos: AFP
Smoke billows from behind the Great Mosque of Al Nuri in Mosul's Old City during an offensive by Iraqi security forces to recapture the city from ISIS in 2017
Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) with an ISIS flag held upside-down, after the terrorists were rooted out of Mosul
A counter-terrorism troop takes part in the advance towards the Grand Mosque, on the way to ISIS being overthrown in Mosul
The destroyed Al Nuri Mosque became symbolic of the rise of ISIS in Iraq
The mosque in January 2018, six months after Iraqi forces seized the country's second city from ISIS
The Iraqi Army gather for a group photo with the national flag raised at the site of Al Nuri Mosque in July 2017, during the offensive to retake the city
Noura Al Kaabi, UAE Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development at the time, and Iraqi Minister of Culture Firiyad Rawanduzi sign an agreement on the reconstruction of Al Nuri Mosque, at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad on April 23, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron tours Al Nuri Mosque in August 2021
Builders work on the reconstruction of the historic mosque after its destruction at the hands of ISIS
All's well that ends well, as the reconstructed Al Nuri Mosque dominates the Mosul skyline once again, ahead of a celebratory inauguration of restored heritage monuments in the city
Al Nuri Mosque in Mosul from destruction to reconstruction - in pictures
