Mosul’s Old City, once a battleground, is now home to a breathtaking work of art: two majestic alabaster gates adorned with ...

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 old houses that ...

We came here immediately." A member of the Federal Police helps an ERD soldier to climb through a hole smashed through the wall of a house in Mosul Old City (Martyn Aim/MEE) In the first four days ...

whole families with kids and old people, they run from one house to another, looking for a safer corner. When I entered a house somewhere between the Saddam and Tahrir neighborhoods of Mosul, I ...

“House to House: The Battle for Mosul.” The 8-minute video earns Alleruzzo the Beat of the Week. Alleruzzo was embedded with Iraq’s Counter Terrorism forces for three weeks in May and followed an ...

Also visiting the Old City from the east of Mosul are Hiba Mustafa and her son ... old city and other more draconian measures such as house raids and arrests will likely continue to be a fixture ...

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.

Iraqi forces have launched a new offensive against four Daesh group districts in west Mosul on Sunday with house-to-house urban fighting taking place in the city. The latest offensive has seen ...

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 ...

Historic buildings in Mosul, including churches and mosques, are being reopened following years of devastation resulting from the Iraqi city's takeover by the extremist Islamic State (IS) group.