many of them holding white flags as they look for safety. Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul to dislodge ISIS fighters, more than a hundred villages have ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years ... “During the Islamic State occupation, I would look at it every morning and see their flag flying on top,” he recalled. “We longed for the day ...

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 ...

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 ...

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