This photo taken on March 3, 2025 shows the spiraling minaret of Abu Dulaf Mosque on the outskirts ... km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad, contains the remains of an iconic Islamic city that ...

Baghdad’s libraries were looted and burned ... The library is tucked into one corner of the vast and beautiful mosque complex which houses the shrine of Sheikh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, an 11th ...

Caliph Al-Mansur ordered the building of Baghdad between AD762 and AD767 ... The city was world famous as a centre of learning with libraries and schools. It even had a hospital.

In addition to the shrine, two Sunni mosques were attacked late Friday in southwest Baghdad by a "large number of men" wielding a variety of weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades ...

Throughout the MENA region, once-mighty capitals shaped empires and cultures before being overshadowed by new power centers.