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 ...

2025 shows the spiraling minaret of Abu Dulaf Mosque on the outskirts of Samarra, in Salahuddin province, Iraq. Samarra Archaeological City, located about 130 km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad ...

Mosques had minarets which are thin towers with balconies. Doors and windows were often designed as arches. The River Tigris in Baghdad was used for trade, travel and irrigation (watering crops).

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 ...