The bloodiest battles focused on the Old City, where the group's fighters made a last stand. Mosul photographer Ali al-Baroodi recalls the horror that greeted him when he first entered the area ...

A project to restore the ancient Iraqi city of Mosul would not have been possible without the UAE’s support, director-general ...

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 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 it rebuilds ...

It's as if our souls have finally found peace," added the 52-year-old, wearing a long traditional Iraqi abaya, or robe. Eighty percent of Mosul's old city was destroyed in the fight against IS ...

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 ...

The bloodiest battles focused on the Old City, where the group's fighters made a last stand. Mosul photographer Ali al-Baroodi recalls the horror that greeted him when he first entered the area ...

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 ...