Samarra, Iraq including Al-Askari Shrine || Iraq Travel Vlog

Samarra, Iraq including Al-Askari Shrine || Iraq Travel Vlog Samarra, some 130km north of Baghdad. Sadly, in recent times the city became famous for a bloody sunni-shia war that claimed hundreds of lives. Actually, the city and surroundings are under the control of a Shia militia but they were really so kind ond hospitable. And above all, the incomparable beauty of the al-Askari Shrine and of the spiral minaret of the ancient great mosque, makes this city so unique. # northerniraq Ali al-Hadi #greatmosqueofsamarra