When the Iraqi army recaptured the city of Mosul in 2017 there was not much left ... The decision was made to rebuild the minaret on the base, which was still standing but badly damaged.

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group ...