On June 10, 2014, the city of Mosul — Iraq’s second largest, home to nearly two million people, built on and around the ruins of the Assyrian capital Nineveh — fell to the Islamic State in a single ...

In Mosul's Old City, the Housh al-Bai'ah complex, once a site of Christian heritage containing four churches, remains largely in ruins with only one church within the complex has been fully restored.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani inaugurated Mosul’s newly restored airport on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in the city's recovery more than 10 years after it was reduced to rubble ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The historic city of Mosul, once the capital of the so-called Islamic ...

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While details of the recent expulsion of the Christian community in Mosul have been well-documented and verified, the report that ISIS burned down an 1800-year-old ...

A ceremony at the the Great Mosque of al-Nuri marked the culmination of UNESCO-led restoration efforts in Mosul. UNESCO As ISIS fled Mosul in 2017, the terrorist group left destruction in its wake. A ...

An ISIS militant uses a power tool to destroy an Assyrian winged bull at the Mosul Museum, Iraq. Ten years ago, the world witnessed a tragic moment as Daesh, a terrorist organization, filmed the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Mosque of al-Nuri destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, stands after its reconstruction by UNESCO, with support ...

On Sunday night, more than 8,000 books and manuscripts were destroyed after ISIS militants bombed Mosul’s Central Library, The Fiscal Times reported. Ghanim al-Ta’an, the director of the library, said ...

As Iraqi and Iraqi Kurdish forces close in on Mosul, the realization is dawning on policymakers in the United States and abroad that Mosul’s liberation really is only the end of the beginning rather ...