by Jean Marc Mojon and Ali Choukeir Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Jihadists on Wednesday blew up Mosul’s iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque where their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2014 declared himself “caliph” in his only public appearance, Iraqi officials said. The Islamic State group swiftly issued a statement via its Amaq propaganda agency blaming a United States strike, but the US-led coalition condemned the destruction as a crime against […]





