Exclusive footage from Tuesday shows Iraqi army soldiers entering the village of Qara Qosh, just 32km (20 miles) from Mosul, after liberating the Assyrian Christian village from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). Qara Qosh, which is also known in Arabic as Baghdeda, had been under IS control since August, 2014. Soldiers, who entered in army vehicles waving the Iraqi flag, also discovered a cathedral in the village that had been set on fire, presumably by IS militants. It took six h
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