The famous leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule. The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 declared his so-called "caliphate" that spread horror across swathes of Syria and Iraq. IS was ousted from Mosul in July 2017.
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00:00This is the first time I've ever seen a plane take off from the runway.
00:06It's amazing to see a plane take off from the runway.
00:12It's amazing to see a plane take off from the runway.
00:18It's amazing to see a plane take off from the runway.
00:25One feels at ease when a plane takes off.
00:30One feels at ease when a plane takes off.
00:36God willing, it'll be even better now.
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01:23It's only an hour's drive, they're all empty.