IS Militants Blow Up Historical Tal Afar Castle
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Another ancient site in northern Iraq destroyed
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The historical Tala Afar Castle
TAL AFAR
The Islamic State (IS) militants has
blown up another historical site in northern Iraq, the latest being the
Tal Afar castle, which goes back to 16th century.
A Kurdish official from Tal Afar has
told BasNews that the extremist group, which has controlled the Turkmen
majority town since early August, blew up large part of the historical
castle.
“On Wednesday night, after planting
hundreds of IEDs on the castle, the Islamic State militants blew up a
large part of Tal Afar castle”, said Hassan Khalo, senior official from
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) office in Tal Afar.
Khalo also revealed that the latest
action from the extremist group was due to most of the administration
buildings of the town was based on the castle, and now most of the
buildings have been destroyed.
The Kurdish official also said that a
few days ago, before the militants blow up the castle, they have looted
all the historical antiques inside the castle.
According to historians the Tal Afar
castle, goes back to 16th-century, which was built by the Ottoman
Empire, which is located in the center of town.
Tal Afar is district in northwestern
Iraq in the Ninawa Governorate located approximately 50 km west of Mosul
and 200 km north west of Kirkuk.
Since taking over most of the cities and
town of northern Iraq, the Islamic State militants has destroyed most
of the historical and religious sites in the area.
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