Mosul’s Old City, once a battleground, is now home to a breathtaking work of art: two majestic alabaster gates adorned with ...
“Then one morning ... UNESCO’s experience in Mosul will shape its approach to restoring other cultural sites in war-torn areas -- including neighboring Syria, which is now starting to emerge ...
It was one of the arrival points for displaced people who had succeeded in escaping Mosul, the city under fire for weeks now. Later, as I was heading to the frontline, crossing dozens of ...
By then the largest military operation of the last decade had reduced Mosul's historic centre to an ... in an airstrike on their home nearby so now he lives with his uncle. Sam Tarling for The ...
“Then my friend got really sad ... Like 38,000 others, Hussein now lives in the massive Khazer displaced person’s camp near Mosul, one of more than a dozen camps set up to deal with the ...
In 2014, the IS terrorist group took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, systematically destroying its many cultural monuments. Some historic buildings are now opening after reconstruction.
It now has a glass ceiling ... black IS flag on top of the minaret. Then we opened it again and the minaret was gone," said Mohammed, who never left Mosul, even at the height of the fighting.
The Khasfa Well Pit, located south of Mosul, was a mass grave where thousands of victims were dumped during the ISIS era. For more than six years, the site remained covered with sand. Now ...