The engineers, who built the Mosul dam 30 years ago ... high flood wave would hit the city of Msoul and roll ono down the Tigris valley, through Tikrit and Samarra to Baghdad.

The Old City on the western side of the River Tigris was the heart and soul of Mosul. Now, it lies in ruins. The streets were largely deserted apart from a handful of people and bulldozers.

Ivor Prickett is an Irish photojournalist. “When I arrived in Qayyarah [a city on the west bank of the Tigris, 20 miles south of Mosul], as sandstorms and smoke covered the skies, there was a ...

This is a symbol of the lasting defeat of ISIS. The repairs to this site, which is in the old city of Mosul on the western bank of the Tigris river that runs through the city, is an important ...

about 35 miles south of the city of Mosul, along the West Bank of the Tigris River," the company wrote in an emailed press release. "Mosul is the last stronghold of the extremist group ISIS in ...

Photographer Emanuele Satolli has been covering the battle for Mosul since it first started. He recently returned as Iraqi forces work to free western neighborhoods from the deadly grip of ISIS.

Sudani's office also announced on Sunday the launch of a project to rehabilitate the western bank of the Tigris in Mosul, affirming that "Iraq is secure and stable and on the right path".

The ferry was on its way to this tourist island upstream from the city centre Almost 100 people are reported to have died after a ferry sank in the Tigris river in Iraq's city of Mosul.

Overlooking the restaurant is a brand new bridge spanning the Tigris, a proud symbol of a Mosul being reborn. - Taking a gamble - Other cities in Iraq are in a similar situation, enjoying a return ...

For the children of Mosul, life took a darker turn when IS took over – as Hussein discovered one terrible day at school. On the last day of his short life, 10-year-old Sami* had something ...