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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Iraq’s education system has been devastated by ISIS, but there’s still hope of avoiding a ‘lost generation’ Photographs by Diego Ibarra Sánchez After two years in the darkness, living in ...

However, the various Mythos Mosel stops are also easily reached by bike, and the best views of the beautiful wine region’s diverse landscape are viewed while cycling at a relaxed pace along the ...