![TOPSHOT - A picture taken on July 9, 2018 shows a view of the base of the destroyed "Al-Hadba" leaning minaret, with the dome of the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque seen behind in the Old City of Mosul, a year after the city was retaken by the Iraqi government forces. Iraqi forces announced the "liberation" of the country's second city on July 10, 2017, after a bloody nine-month offencive to end the Islamic State (IS) group's three-year rule there. Scores of people are still displaced in and around Mosul as the city lies in ruins, one year after it was retaken from IS. / AFP / Zaid AL-OBEIDI](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YJ4NWBWS6DI4VBNQ74HF4BPTF4.jpg?smart=true&auth=419ae9792d006140be3076a73c09254b8f7c585c696960c2bdf132a33f6abb4b&width=400&height=225)
The base of the destroyed Al Hadba leaning minaret in the Old City of Mosul. AFP
The base of the destroyed Al Hadba leaning minaret in the Old City of Mosul. AFP
Rebuilding Mosul: committee holds first UAE meeting for restoration of Al Nuri Mosque
The joint committee created to restore Mosul's historic Al Nuri Mosque and its iconic leaning Al Hadba minaret meets in Abu Dhabi
The National
15 September, 2018