After years of careful restoration work, Mosul’s skyline has reclaimed one of its most beloved symbols, with Unesco placing the final brick in the city’s landmark Al Nuri Mosque minaret.

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 with its famous leaning minaret ...

The recent bombing of the al-Nuri Mosque and the al-Hadba minaret left perhaps the deepest wound on the citizens of Mosul. The mosque, with its unique tilted minaret, was a longstanding symbol of ...

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 ...

As Pope Francis concludes his historic visit to Iraq, the country is undergoing a process of healing and recovery, gradually rebuilding its magnificent history, and creating a new narrative for ...

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 book reveals the as-yet untold story of the battle for Mosul and the secret involvement of Australians on both sides of the war. In the book there’s also mention of Yazidi women who had ...

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