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Iraq: ISIS threatens to blow up historical walls of Nineveh
According to the Assyrian website www.ankawa.com, ISIS is planning to destroy the walls of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire and one of the most important archaeological sites in Iraq. Nineveh was sacked in 612 B.C. when the Assyrian Empire was overthrown.The remains of the walls of Nineveh in north Iraq [Credit: AINA Ne…