the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as a defining symbol of Mosul - until it was reduced to rubble by the Islamic State group in 2017. Now, nearly eight years after IS ...

Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul ... Iraq’s push against ISIS and the resulting flow of refugees. They speak to TIME LightBox. “War has practically ...

Many thousands of troops returned to Iraq in the summer of 2014 after the self-proclaimed Islamic State sacked Mosul and took over ... an on-again off-again war against Turkey since the mid ...

The Assyrian flag flutters over the town of Alqosh, 45 kilometers north of Mosul ... percent of their lands after the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq reversed a law intended ...

An ISIS militant uses a power tool to destroy an Assyrian winged bull at the Mosul Museum, Iraq. Ten years ago, the world witnessed a tragic moment as Daesh, a terrorist organization, filmed the ...

The scars of ISIS still linger in Iraq, and the threat of extremism has not vanished. But hope has taken root in the ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP ... other cultural sites in war-torn areas -- including neighboring Syria, which is now starting to emerge from nearly 14 years of civil war after the fall of former President ...

Historic buildings in Mosul, including churches ... began a year after IS was defeated and driven out of the city, in northern Iraq, in 2017. Unesco's director-general Audrey Azoulay and Iraqi ...

The Al-Hadba minaret in Mosul, Iraq has been successfully reconstructed after its destruction by Islamic State forces. Unesco led the restoration, using original brickwork to preserve its ...

MOSUL, Iraq — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017.