A destroyed mural in the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in Mosul city, Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. Picture taken January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
MOSUL (Reuters) - When Islamic State seized the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in east Mosul it replaced wealthy Iraqi patrons with another kind of elite -- foreign fighters and suicide bombers seen as the group's most prized members.
The Iraqi army's recent capture of the ruined compound - renamed Hotel Waritheen (Inheritors) by Islamic State - deprived the militants of a strategic site that offers a comprehensive view across the vast city.
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