It was centuries old, right? It’s part of the al-Nuri mosque, and famously, that minaret was leaning to one side, right? Ali Al-Baroodi: Yes. It is one of the identity marks of Mosul.

It's been some nine months since the guns fell silent in Mosul; almost ten since Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi raised the Iraqi flag on the edge of the Old City. By then the largest ...

Eighty per cent of the Old City of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris ... development and in addition can make those involved feel part of something meaningful," she says.

From the pulpit of this medieval mosque on July 4, 2014, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a self-styled ‘caliphate’ spanning parts ... situated in Mosul's Old City.

The 5000-year-old city, Mosul, which means “the linking point” in Arabic, has been home to diverse communities throughout history. It was in Mesopotamia where many things of our modern ...

Eighty per cent of the Old City of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris ... can encourage skills development and in addition can make those involved feel part of something meaningful," she says. She ...

MOSUL, Iraq - Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret ... a self-styled ‘caliphate’ spanning parts of Syria and Iraq. Three years later, the ultra ...