article_snippet: Officials in the northern city of Mosul, which is under the control of the terror group, reported jihadists have begun destroying the archaeological site of Hatra in northern Iraq.
article_snippet: Officials in the northern city of Mosul confirmed militants with the terror group have begun destroying the archaeological site of Hatra in northern Iraqnorthern Iraq.
article_snippet: northern Iraq's minister of tourism and antiquities said the government is investigating reports that the ancient archaeological site of Hatra in northern Iraq northern Iraq is being demolished by militants from the terror group .
article_snippet: Residents then reported seeing bulldozers begin demolishing the archaeological site of Hatra in northern Iraq.
article_snippet: Saeed Mamuzini, a Kurdish official from Mosul, told the AP that militants had begun carrying away artifacts from Hatra as early as Thursday.
article_snippet: The extent of the damage at Hatra is unknown as the ministry has not yet received any pictures of the current state of the area, which was named a World Heritage Site in 1987.
article_snippet: one resident in the area added others nearby said Islamic State militants had destroyed some of the larger buildings in Hatra and were bulldozing other parts.
article_snippet: Iraqi Tourism and Antiquities Minister Adel Shirshab said that many feared Hatra would suffer the same fate as Nimrud. '
article_snippet: This is not unusual (behavior) for Daesh,' many feared Hatra would suffer the same fate as Nimrud said, using the derogatory Arabic acronym for the group.
article_snippet: A statement on the ministry's Facebook page added the government is investigating reports of the attack on Hatra, adding that the global community should hasten the government response to the crisis in Iraq in order to prevent these types of atrocities.
article_snippet: Hatra is located 110 kilometers (68 miles) southwest of the city of Mosul.
highlights_snippet: Officials confirmed militants  begun destroying site of Hatra, northern Iraq .
  