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This article is about the village of Al-Hadar in Nineveh Governorate. For the historical city of Hatra, see Kingdom of Hatra.
This article is about the Iraqi village. For similarly named topics, see Hadar (disambiguation).

Al-Hadar is an Iraqi city 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Mosul. It is believed[by whom?] that the city was founded at the beginning of the 2nd century BC. It currently serves as the administrative center of Al-Hadar District in Nineveh Governorate.

The ancient ruins of Hatra lie 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest of the modern settlement. The settlement’s population and nearby villages greatly shrank by 2012 due to deforestation.[1]

The ruins of Hatra, 1879

Islamic State forces occupied the ruins and their surrounding areas in early 2014. Iraqi soldiers and PMF militia forces retook control on April 26, 2017.

Capture and destruction of Hatra

Remains of the ruins of the city of Hatra

On 8 March 2015, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) destroyed parts of the ancient city of Hatra using bulldozers. This act was considered[by whom?] a crime against Iraqi heritage. Reuters reported[citation needed] that local residents heard a massive explosion early in the morning, while others stated that ISIL destroyed some of Hatra’s largest buildings using bulldozers.

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