Marco Werman: Can you describe the old Al-Hadba minaret for us? It was centuries old, right? It’s part of the al-Nuri mosque, and famously, that minaret was leaning to one side, right?

After years of careful restoration work, Mosul’s skyline has reclaimed one of its most beloved symbols, with Unesco placing the final brick in the city’s landmark Al Nuri Mosque minaret.

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 ...