Five times a day, a muezzin would climb nearly 150 feet in the tower’s spiral stairway to sing the call to prayer. It was a symbol not only of Mosul, but of all of Iraq. It even appeared on the ...

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 ...

The tower clock, installed in 1880 ... During the battles to liberate Mosul in 2017, residents formed a human chain to prevent the minaret from being completely destroyed. In the run-up to ...

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule. The Al-Hadba or "hunchback ...

MOSUL, Iraq - Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has been renovated in a boost for Iraq's second city as ...

A project to restore the ancient Iraqi city of Mosul would not have been possible without the UAE’s support, director-general of United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organization ...

The tower clock, installed in 1880 ... Hardly a stone left unturned: Mosul was devastated after the liberation in 2017Image: Khalil Dawood/Xinhua News Agency/picture-alliance The restoration ...

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 ...