ISIS blows up oldest mosque in Anbar

(IraqiNews.com) A security source in Anbar province said on Saturday that ISIS elements blew up the oldest mosques in the province west of Ramadi.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “This afternoon, elements of the ISIS organization emplanted explosive devices in the vicinity of al-Farouq Mosque in Jaba area, which belong to Baghdadi district (90 km west of Ramadi), and detonated it using a remote control, which led to the collapse of the whole mosque.”

The source, who requested anonymity, added “Al-Farouq Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Anbar province. It was built in the era of Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab.”