insist on a unified Kurdish region that includes the oil region of Kirkuk and the Kurdish areas of Mosul. Many Arabs resent the perceived encroachment of the Kurds, whose fighters rushed into ...

The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh. They began destroying monuments, churches, and mosques in conquered areas of ...

CNN said the corps, originally 30,000 strong, and the Governor General of the Mosul region in northern Iraq, were prepared to capitulate to US forces on Thursday night but it had been decided it ...

There are still plans to create meeting places such as parks and large squares and the largest hospital in the region: the Ibn Sina Hospital. While this is still in the planning stages ...

Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul to dislodge ISIS fighters, more than a hundred villages have been liberated. But the battle for Mosul continues.

The al-Nuri mosque has been restored to its former glory thanks to the work financed by UNESCO together with the restoration of the Al-Tahera church. A project that lasted seven years, for a total ...

Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) – The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule. The Al ...

The Khasfa Well Pit, located south of Mosul, was a mass grave where thousands of victims were dumped during the ISIS era. For more than six years, the site remained covered with sand. Now ...

MOSUL, Iraq - Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has been renovated in a boost for Iraq's second city as ...

Mosul’s Renowned Minaret Restored From Ravages of Islamic State By Khalid al-Mousuly MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret ...