ISIS blows up mosque in Mosul where Baghdadi became 'caliph'
Islamic State fighters have blown up Mosul's historic leaning minaret and the adjacent Grand al-Nuri Mosque, where their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared himself "caliph" in 2014, Iraqi officials said. However, the militants blamed a US strike for the explosion. The destruction of the landmarks comes on the fourth day of a US-backed Iraqi offensive to retake the Iraqi city.