AL-QASR, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi special forces fighting Islamic State militants on the eastern side of Mosul have retaken 19 neighborhoods from the extremist group since the battle for the city began last ...

Under ISIS, city was rife with abductions, executions, crime Minorities were killed, music banned, ancient sites destroyed Now residents say city is at its most peaceful in 20 years Mosul has new ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year and Mother’s Day capsized in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 83 people, ...

Symbol of ISIS defeat and the disaster of the war, the Al-Nuri Mosque has been restored along with Mosul city. A symbol of how a city can rise again from the ruins of war, the al-Nuri mosque is being ...

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Archaeologists have discovered 30 ancient tombs on the banks of Mosul dam in Iraq after water levels declined. The tombs are believed to be more than 2,300 years old and were unearthed at the edges of ...

A lion named Simba and a bear named Lula are the zoo's only surviving animals. — -- It took two rescue attempts and nearly two weeks to successfully evacuate the last two surviving animals from a ...