Eighty per cent of the Old City of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris, was destroyed during IS's three-year occupation. It was not just the churches, mosques and old houses that needed to be ...

Mosul's mosques, churches, and houses have been successfully restored after years of conflict. The restoration efforts aim to rebuild the city’s cultural and religious heritage.

All are symbols of Mosul’s rich past and glimmers of hope for a flourishing future. For Shakir Mahmoud, a father of six who runs a small market out of his house in the Old City, the minaret was ...

Saad Muhammed Jarjees, who lives in Mosul’s Old City, remembered how he used to look at the Al-Hadbaa Minaret from the window of his house every day — and how his heart sank when it fell.

Mosul’s Renowned Minaret Restored From Ravages ... They include market stalls, a few mosques and churches, and small houses built and rebuilt on top of each other over the ages.

When I entered a house somewhere between the Saddam and Tahrir neighborhoods of Mosul, I met Zainab and Murtadha. Murtadha had been injured the day before when a mortar fell on his family’s house.

as well as a series of traditional houses typical of Mosul art, demolished by Daesh”. Among these, he continues, ‘the famous “humpbacked” mosque and the Church of the Clock, as well as the ...

'15 minutes from Mosul' tells the stories of people who've escaped a life of violence under the so called Islamic State terrorist group in Northern Iraq, in the time it takes to travel from ...

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 ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Saad Muhammed Jarjees, who lives in Mosul’s Old City, remembered how he used to look at the Al-Hadbaa Minaret from the window of his house every day ...

I lost my voice. I lost my mind." Eighty per cent of the Old City of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris, was destroyed during IS's three-year occupation. It was not just the churches, mosques and ...