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 ...

“During the Islamic State occupation, I would look at it every morning and see their flag flying on top,” he ... a site so severely damaged by war. “Some of the biggest challenges in the ...

A UNESCO-led project is restoring historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul, including the Al-Hadbaa Minaret and key churches, after ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years ... I would look at it every morning and see their flag flying on top,” he recalled. “We longed for the day that flag would come down — it would ...

Historic Landmarks in Iraq's Mosul Are Reopening as the City Heals ... I would look at it every morning and see their flag flying on top,” he recalled. “We longed for the day that flag would ...

Iran, a Shi'a power, has been waging war in both Iraq and Syria against Sunni Arab ... that this was a false-flag operation cooked up between them. But Sunni grievances have allowed such theories ...

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags ... Iraq from Syria after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, fueling years of sectarian war.