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This photo taken on March 3, 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 ...

which include the Great Mosque with its famous spiral minaret, were recognised and protected as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The anonymous faces of the girls and boys of Samarra were never ...

The Malwiya Minaret was built in the 9th century in the city of Samarra. It was part of the Great Mosque of Samarra which was the largest mosque in the world at the time.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)-- Coalition troops killed the al Qaeda terrorist who masterminded the February 2006 attack on Samarra's al-Askariya mosque and set off continuing violence and reprisal killings ...

Samarra Archaeological City is the site of a powerful ... and spread to the other regions of the Islamic world and beyond. The 9th-century Great Mosque and its spiral minaret are among the numerous ...