Inside Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, glimmers of a once vibrant and beautiful metropolis strive to shine through its bomb-blasted structures. In October 2016, two years after the Islamic State ...

Literary cafes, poetry readings and pavement bookstalls -- Mosul's cultural scene is back in business, months after Iraqi forces ousted the Islamic State group from the city following three years of ...

Speaking from Mosul after the reopening of its historic sites on Monday, Unesco’s Xing Qu told The National that after six years of reconstruction, “valuable lessons for heritage-led recovery can ...

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul's Old City on Monday, eight years after the ...

Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have officially reopened after years of restoration, nearly a decade after their ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul’s Old City Monday, eight years after the ...

Families from the area have sought sanctuary at the Mar Mattai monastery. —MAR MATTAI MONASTERY, Iraq -- Nestled into the side of Mount Alfaf, the imposing Mar Mattai monastery looks down onto ...

UNESCO architect Maria Rita Acetoso recently completed a huge project to revive the war-ravaged city of Mosul. In this interview, she explains the importance of rebuilding with the involvement of ...

MOSUL, Iraq – As darkness fell over Mosul, Saad*, 45, put his injured son on his back and clambered over the ruined remains of a bridge over the Tigris River, in a desperate attempt to reach the ...

A lion named Simba and a bear named Lula are the zoo's only surviving animals. — -- It took two rescue attempts and nearly two weeks to successfully evacuate the last two surviving animals from a ...