It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad. Situated on the banks of Tigris, the city encloses the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh —once the largest …

Feb 15, 2025 · Mosul, city, capital of Nīnawā muḥāfaẓah (governorate), northwestern Iraq. From its original site on the western bank of the Tigris River, the modern city expanded to the …

Jun 10, 2024 · Mosul has new bridges, souk, restaurants, cultural life; But long way to go before Mosul sheds ISIS legacy

Mosul (Arabic: الموصل‎ al-Mawṣil, Maṣlawī Arabic: al-Mōṣul, Assyrian: ܢܝܢܘܐ Ninaweh, Kurdish: Mosul/Ninawa, Turkish: Musul) is a city in Iraq's Northwestern region, and is the country's …

Feb 6, 2025 · MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — 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 …

Updated November 2024, A Day Trip to Mosul, Visiting Iraq’s Destroyed City was originally published in July 2022. Mosul has an outstanding history that stretches back to 6000 BC, …

This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 March 2025. Large-scale military campaign to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State For …

Feb 6, 2025 · Now, with UN support, Mosul has risen from the ashes of war and its historic monuments which had been reduced to rubble, dot the skyline once again. The devastating …

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mosul, Iraq. 570 CE - Mar Ishaya (monastery) founded across river from Ninevah; surrounding settlement later develops. [1] 641 …

Feb 6, 2025 · Mosul photographer Ali al-Baroodi recalls the horror that greeted him when he first entered the area shortly after the street-by-street battle was over in the summer of 2017.