Extended video confirms that the Victory Convent of the Chaldean Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Mosul, Iraq, was destroyed on November 24. Reports of new destruction began to emerge on the day of destruction. Allegedly, “Islamic State (IS) militants blew up the St. George’s Church and a nunnery … A resident of Mosul told Rudaw that cries of Allahu Akbar ‘God is Great’ rose from many mosques in the city.” Initially, those reports focused on the Monastery of Saint George (also known as Mar Girgis / Gurges / Gurguis / Kourkis) but, as Conflict Antiquities cautioned at the time, there was “no evidence yet.”
In fact, frustratingly, there was already evidence. But, between a lack of detail, the inclusion of incorrect information and the inevitable flood of false images, the evidence was impossible to find unless you already knew what you were looking for.
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