MOSUL, Iraq — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017.
The minaret and mosque are the latest landmarks in Mosul to be restored with the help of UNESCO — Zaid AL-OBEIDI The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original ...
A UN project to rebuild some of Iraq’s most famous religious sites has restored cultural vitality and social fabric to the ...