One of the historic mausoleums, destroyed during the 2012 attack and rebuilt thanks to UN cultural agency UNESCO.
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Today, Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi pled guilty to war crimes for “intentionally directing attacks against historic monuments and buildings dedicated to religion” during a 2012 raid on what West African city?
Hint: This is the International Criminal Court’s first case of war crimes for destruction of cultural artifacts, and the raid at the center of the case destroyed 16 mausoleums and a mosque dating back to 1400.
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