Just inside one of the ancient gates to the city ... Mosul region," wrote Sarah D. Shields, associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina and a leading expert on Iraq. Some ...

Saad Muhammed Jarjees, who lives in Mosul's Old City, remembered how he used to look at the Al-Hadbaa Minaret from the window of his house every day — and how his heart sank when it fell.

The Doors of Mosul project is a “monument to Mosul’s different identities that can be shown in many different places. They ...

But the battle for Mosul ... city for a refugee camp. The moment I arrived, the mortars were falling nearby; the terrifying sound of gunfire could be heard around the corner. Zainad, a 10-year-old ...

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