The war between Iraq and Iran from 1980 to 1988 killed between ... And that’s what’s been happening in Mosul for the past month.” Laurent Van der Stockt is a Belgian photojournalist based ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as a defining symbol of Mosul - until it was ... of rebuilding a site damaged by war The reconstruction of the Al ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years ... detailed the difficulties of rebuilding a site so severely damaged by war. “Some of the biggest challenges in the reconstruction of Al-Hadbaa Minaret ...

This is the reality of war in northern Iraq, where IS is throwing everything - and everyone - at Iraqi forces as they slowly take back Mosul and the surrounding areas in a bitter war that has ...

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 ...

RAMITA NAVAI, Correspondent: [voice-over] I’m traveling through Northern Iraq, heading to the ... focused on the battle in Mosul, this is one of the war’s hidden fronts. Few journalists ...

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 ...

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The Al-Hadba minaret of today is an exact replica of the old one, "built with the same bricks", said Abdullah Mahmoud of the Iraqi department of antiquities. MOSUL: The leaning minaret of Mosul in ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years ... Removing the remnants of war An official reopening of the minaret is expected to take place in the coming weeks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed ...