Mosul's lineage is also rich in history and lessons about modern Iraq. In about 850 BC, an Assyrian king, Assurnasirpal II, chose the city of Nimrud - near present-day Mosul - to build the capital ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

In 2014, the IS terrorist group took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, systematically destroying ... reconstruction.It was a war against the country's long history: In 2014, the terrorist ...

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule. The Al-Hadba or "hunchback ...

Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul to dislodge ISIS fighters ... Ivor Prickett and Emin Ozmen—have documented Iraq’s push against ISIS and the resulting ...

Iraq’s education system has been devastated by ISIS, but there’s still hope of avoiding a ‘lost generation’ Photographs by Diego Ibarra Sánchez After two years in the darkness, living in ...

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.

Marking 10 years since ISIS swept into Mosul and the towns of the Nineveh Plain ... has released a documentary delving into the roots of Christianity in Iraq, its history dating back nearly 2,000 ...

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MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years ... “The main goal of rebuilding churches today is to revive the history that our ancestors lived,” Hanno said. “When Mosul Christians come to ...