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Iraqi forces have retaken the ancient city of Nimrud, but it has been heavily damaged by the Islamic State group, an journalist who visited the site today said. In April last year, IS released a video of its fighters destroying monuments there before planting explosives around the site and blowing it up. AP Photo Statues lie shattered, a reconstructed palace is wrecked and the remains of a ziggurat -- once one of the tallest structures left from the ancient world at some 50 metres yards high -- has been reduced to a fraction of its height, the AFP journalist said. Iraqi forces announced that Nimrud, which was founded in the 13th century and became the capital of the Assyrian empire, was recaptured on Sunday as part of the massive operation to retake Mosul, the last IS-held city in the country. IS overran Nimrud along
stanley cup with swathes of other territory in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained much of the territory they lost to the jihadists. Map of the Mosul region showing the latest developments, including the capture by government forces of Nimrud. AFP In April last year, IS released a video of its fighters destroying monuments there before planting explosives around the site and blowing it up. In the video, militants with sledg
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UN Security Council on Thursday asked the Tamil Tigers to immediately surrender, renounce terrorism and join the politica
stanley cup l process through dialogue to put an end to the decades old ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. HT Image We demand that the LTTE immediately lay down arms, renounce terrorism, allow a UN assisted evacuation of the remaining civilians in the conflict area, and join the political process through dialogue, UNSC President Claude Heller, who is also Mexican Ambassado
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