Two vast reproduction Assyrian statues were unveiled in Iraq on Thursday as part of a project designed to restore the cultural heritage of Mosul, an ancient city badly damaged by recent conflicts.

UNESCO's initiative "Revive the Spirit of Mosul" also benefits women and men in Mosul through employment and training opportunities. During his visit, the Pope will also go to the city of Ur, one of ...

Mosul's iconic al-Habda' minaret, likened to the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, was a symbol of resilience to the residents of Mosul. Photograph by Ahmad al-Rubaye, AFP, Getty Images ...

Al-Nouri mosque in Mosul, Iraq, was bombed by ISIS four years ago. ... The approximately 150-foot-high minaret, which tilted after it was built, is a symbol of Mosul.

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.

Beneath what remains of the 12th-century Al-Hadba minaret, builders work on a project to revive Mosul's Old City, reduced to rubble during Iraq's battle to retake the city from jihadists.Mosques, ...

The loss of the Nouri mosque also obliterates an important symbol of Mosul and Iraq as a whole. The site, with its iconic leaning minaret even appears on the 10,000 Iraqi Dinar note (a ...

Islamic State militants bombed the historic Nouri Grand Mosque in Mosul late Wednesday, ... The mosque had became a symbol of the militant group’s control of huge swaths of the country in 2014.