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ISIS has blown up the historic wall of Nineveh

20:43, Thursday, 05 March, 2015
ISIS has blown up the historic wall of Nineveh
     A source in the Nineveh province revealed on Wednesday, that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria “ISIS” terrorist organization has resumed bombing historical buildings and monuments in the province, noting that it has blew up the historic wall of Nineveh in the center of Mosul.
    
     The source, who asked for anonymity told Shafaq News, that “ISIS terrorists on Tuesday night destroyed large parts of the historic wall of Nineveh in the Tahrir neighborhood of the Mosul area, noting that terrorists have used large quantities of explosives “
    
     The Nineveh wall is considered a prominent historical monuments in the province, Iraq, and the region in general, an important landmark dating back to the Assyrian civilization thousands of years ago.
    
     The ISIS terrorist organization has also destroyed a lot of other archaeological, historical and religious sites in the areas seized by ISIS, since the tenth of last June, which is considered by cultural and civic circles as crimes against the culture and human heritage.
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