One of the oldest traditions of Ramadan is waking people up with the sound of drums before the pre-dawn meal. Although this ...
The scars of ISIS still linger in Iraq, and the threat of extremism has not vanished. But hope has taken root in the ...
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 ...
A project to restore the ancient Iraqi city of Mosul would not have been possible without the UAE’s support, director-general ...
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group ...
From finance to medicine, from trade to literature, Jews contributed to every aspect of society. Families spoke Judeo-Arabic, ...
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.
We can succeed or we can fail. There are only two ways." Mosul, a crossroads of commerce and culture for millennia, shows many of the complexities ahead in crafting a government with credibility ...
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 ...
An elderly man has been standing for years on the streets near Mosul University, offering books for free to anyone who wants to borrow them. Many of those who take the books are students from 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 ...
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group ...