Mosul photographer Ali al-Baroodi recalls the ... "I can't describe the feeling I had because after seeing all the destruction that happened there, I thought I would never be able to come back ...

Reflection on ISIS’s destruction of the city permits renewed consideration of the importance of beauty. Following a long, exhausting campaign, Iraqi forces successfully retook control of Mosul.

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 ...

An ISIS militant uses a power tool to destroy an Assyrian winged bull at the Mosul Museum, Iraq. Ten years ago, the world witnessed a tragic moment as Daesh, a terrorist organization, filmed the ...

Sura Noori arrived in Mosul prepared to see destruction. She had seen it already, from afar—in news footage, on social media, in satellite photos. She was there to bring power back to a city ...

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Mosul's emblematic leaning minaret – known as the Al-Hadba or "hunchback" – has been rebuilt brick by brick, symbolising the rescue of the Iraqi city's priceless heritage after it was reduced to ...

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 ...

"I can't describe the feeling I had because after seeing all the destruction that happened there, I thought I would never be able to come back and live there again." The scars of what the people of ...