Satellite pictures suggest oldest Christian monastery in Iraq razed to ground

A 1,400 year-old Christian monastery — the oldest in Iraq – was “razed to the ground” just months after ISIS took over the Iraqi city of Mosul, satellite pictures show. The Saint Elijah monastery — also known as Dair Mar Elia — was located on the outskirts of Mosul. Despite its age, it’s unlikely the monastery collapsed naturally, according to experts at AllSource Analysis, an imagery intelligence company which studied ...