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 ...

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 ...

Seven years after it was destroyed by ISIS, the iconic Al-Hadba minaret in Mosul, Iraq, has finally been restored. Last week, the Azaan, or Islamic call to prayer, was broadcast from the rebuilt ...

its leaning minaret and the Al-Tahera and Al-Sa’aa churches. 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 ...

MOSUL, Iraq — (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State ...

MOSUL — The minaret is reborn, the ablution rooms unearthed, the dome spared by the jihadist madness. The effect exercised by the splendors located in the Al-Nuri Mosque building site as one ...

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It's been some nine months since the guns fell silent in Mosul; almost ten since Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi raised the Iraqi flag on the edge of the Old City. By then the largest ...

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 ...

The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, famous for its leaning eight-century-old minaret of Hadba, has recently been restored to its former glory. It was destroyed by ISIS militants in 2017 and is ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

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 ...