Iraqi security forces have recaptured the site of the destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul ... fighters are laying siege to the city of Raqqa. A coalition spokesman tweeted that some 84,000 ...

"Welcome to Raqqa, capital of a caliphate under siege ... strengthened every 35m by 100 semi-circular towers. The Great Mosque was also built during this time, although the only surviving ...