The storied library of Iraq's Mosul University boasted a million titles before Islamic State group jihadists rampaged through it, toppling book shelves and burning ancient texts. Now, almost five ...

Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, was the first to fall into the hands of ISIS during their takeover of 2014-2017. It was the crown jewel of the extremist group’s self-proclaimed "caliphate ...

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British author Edmund de Waal says he will donate almost 2,000 books to the Mosul University Library in Iraq to help rebuild its collection, which was partly destroyed by Daesh terrorists in 2015.