Тхе Islamic State insurgents have burnt down one of the oldest Armenian churches in Mosul, northern Iraq, BasNews agency reported.

An Armenian church was torched in the Wahda neighborhood of the city.

“The church belongs to the Armenian Christians and was regularly used for worship,” said Saed Mamuzini, a KDP official from the city.

According to the agency, when insurgents took control of Mosul in June 2014, Armenians and Christians fled to the provinces of the Kurdistan Region.