article_snippet: On Friday, the group razed 3,000-year-old Nimrud and on Saturday, the group bulldozed 2,000-year old Hatra - both Unesco world heritage sites.
article_snippet: Iraq's minister of tourism and antiquities said the government was investigating reports that the ancient archaeological site of Hatra in north west Iraq is being demolished by militants from the Islamic State group .
article_snippet: Officials in the northern city of Mosul confirmed militants with the Islamic State group have begun destroying the ancient archaeological site of Hatra in north west Iraq.
article_snippet: On Sunday, officials reported that the jihadists had begun destroying the ancient archaeological site of Hatra in north west IraqHatra northern Iraq.
article_snippet: the jihadists had begun destroying the archaeological site of Hatra in northern Iraq comes after fanatics went on a rampage in the northern city of Mosul in northern Iraq, destroying the 3,000 year-old winged statues placed at the gates of the Palace of Ashurnasirpal.