Tomb of Saddam Hussein destroyed during the f
Baghdad: The tomb of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been almost completely destroyed in fighting near Tikrit.
The spectacular large mausoleum in the village of al-Awja are now said to be only pillars that held up the roof.
Iraqi forces as well as Iranian-backed Shia militia are in a struggle to drive Islamic State (IS) militants from the city center.
It is said that the local Sunni population had removed Saddam's body from the mausoleum last year and taken to an unknown location.
The...