- Title: France's Macron visits mosque in Mosul damaged by Islamic State
- Date: 29th August 2021
- Summary: MOSUL, IRAQ (AUGUST 29, 2021) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF AL-NURI MOSQUE VARIOUS OF FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON BEING SHOWN AROUND VARIOUS OF RESTORATION OFFICIAL SHOWING MACRON KEY FEATURES OF THE MOSQUE VARIOUS OF SCAFFOLDING SUPPORT MINARET ARMED SOLDIER MACRON SMILING (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, SAYING: "We were hurt as French people by Daesh (Islamic State) as well, because I don't forget that this caliphate, from this very region, the terrorist attacks made in France on November 15, and we will have the trial in a few days for the victims in Paris, was organised from the Iraqi Syrian regiment. So all of us were attacked, hurt, with a lot of our brothers and sisters killed by Daesh. Daesh did it on behalf of religion but through perversion. The message that I want to make very clear is that we will do whatever we can, shoulder with the government of the region and with the Iraqi government to fight against this terrorism." MEDIA SURROUNDING MACRON (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, SAYING: "We will be with you in order to help with this mutual respect, to rebuild churches, schools, mosques, and minarets, and so on. But we will help as well to build economic opportunities." VARIOUS OF MACRON DRINKING TEA LOCAL LISTENING DISCUSSION IN PROGRESS IN CAFE MACRON MEETING LOCALS MEDIA SURROUNDING MACRON MACON MEETING TWO BOYS MACRON FIST-BUMPING PEOPLE MACRON WALKING AWAY
- Embargoed: 12th September 2021 13:07
- Keywords: France Macron Mosul
- Location: MOSUL, IRAQ
- City: MOSUL, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Middle East,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001ESC0YTJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday (August 29), the second day of his visit to Iraq, headed to Mosul where he visited the Al-Nuri mosque, which is built restored after it was destroyed by the Islamic State.
The militants blew up the mosque in the final weeks of the U.S.-backed Iraqi campaign that dislodged them from Mosul, which was their de-facto capital in Iraq.
Macron, on his second official visit to Iraq since he took office, landed in Baghdad on Saturday (August 28) where he attended the Baghdad summit bringing Middle Eastern leaders together and which his country co-organised.
On the second and final day of his trip, Macron visited Mosul before heading to Erbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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