MOSUL, Iraq: Iraq declared the Islamic State group’s “caliphate” was coming to an end after it recaptured Mosul’s iconic Nuri mosque Thursday (Friday in Manila), three years to the day after it was proclaimed by the jihadists.

The jihadist group announced its self-styled “caliphate” on June 29, 2014, encompassing swathes of territory its fighters overran in Iraq and neighboring Syria.

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