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

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 ...

Mosul, a crossroads of commerce and ... a post-Saddam leadership plan convened in the southern city of Nasiriyah near the 4,000-year-old ziggurat at Ur, where the Bible says Abraham was born.

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.

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.

This photo taken on March 17, 2025 shows the reconstruction site of the Grand al-Nuri Mosque and its al-Hadbaa minaret in the old city of Mosul, Iraq. The Grand al-Nuri Mosque was built in 1172 ...

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.