Mosul's lineage is also rich in history and lessons about modern Iraq. In about 850 BC, an Assyrian king, Assurnasirpal II, chose the city of Nimrud - near present-day Mosul - to build the capital ...

In June 2014, Islamic State militants took over the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, and within days ... As part of these missions, Rasche took photos of the displaced Christians he encountered ...

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 ...

Turkey is classified as a “brown country” with both democratic and authoritarian features, but democracy, legality, and ...

New York City’s cultural amenities are many ... so you can literally walk through the evolution of modern art. With its mind-boggling holdings of artifacts and specimens from around the globe ...

This triggered Gazan authorities to release the names of everyone who they said had been killed by Israel since October 7—an unprecedented act in modern warfare ... death announcements, photos of body ...

Israel says it has completed construction of a new security corridor that cuts off the southern city of Rafah from the rest ...

Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq is set to open a hospital specialized in cancer treatment in the northern city of Mosul in Nineveh province, a member of the provincial ...

According to NASA, the city's population has climbed from approximately 350,000 in 2001 to 437,000 in 2024—a 25 percent ...

Each image is a world unto itself—rich in memory and history,” says Efrat Sinai, director of archives at KKL-JNF.The post Passover nostalgia: Rare photos of Israeli celebrations through the decades ...