Mosul’s Old City, once a battleground, is now home to a breathtaking work of art: two majestic alabaster gates adorned with ...
The bloodiest battles focused on the Old City, where the group's fighters made a last stand. IS detonated a series of explosives inside the al-Nuri mosque as the group retreated in 2017 Mosul ...
A project to restore the ancient Iraqi city of Mosul would not have been possible without the UAE’s support, director-general ...
whole families with kids and old people, they run from one house to another, looking for a safer corner. When I entered a house somewhere between the Saddam and Tahrir neighborhoods of Mosul, I ...
The last synagogue in Mosul, which had already fallen into disrepair before being destroyed by ISIS, received no attention. The Jewish cemeteries, some of which contained centuries-old graves ...
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The bloodiest battles focused on the Old City, where the group's fighters made a last stand. Mosul photographer Ali al-Baroodi recalls the horror that greeted him when he first entered the area ...
The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh. They began destroying monuments, churches, and mosques in conquered areas of ...
The bloodiest battles focused on the Old City, where the group's fighters made a last stand. Mosul photographer Ali al-Baroodi recalls the horror that greeted him when he first entered the area ...