article_snippet: Saeed Mamuzini, a spokesman for the Mosul branch of the .
article_snippet: Kurdish Democratic Party, said the militants had used explosives .
article_snippet: to blow up buildings at Hatra and were also bulldozing Hatra.
article_snippet: international response to earlier Islamic State attacks on .
article_snippet: terrorists to commit another crime of stealing and demolishing .
article_snippet: Islamic State, which rules a self-declared caliphate in .
article_snippet: Mosul, the largest city under militants control.
article_snippet: Meanwhile, a US-led coalition has been striking Islamic State since August and is preparing a large-scale operation to retake the city of Mosul.