The Nuri mosque in Mosul was constructed in the 12th century. “Since its construction in the second half of the 12th century CE, al-Nuri Mosque was invested as Mosul’s Great Mosque.

It’s part of the al-Nuri mosque, and famously, that minaret was leaning to one side, right? Ali Al-Baroodi: Yes. It is one of the identity marks of Mosul. Mosul is known for many things ...

A group of Egyptian architects has won a competition to reconstruct Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nuri, four years after it was destroyed by Islamic State (IS) militants. The jihadists blew up the 12 ...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the destruction of an ancient mosque in the city of Mosul is "an official declaration of defeat" by so-called Islamic State (IS). Iraqi forces say IS blew ...

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as well as artifacts at the Mosul Museum. Churches, mosques, and religious sites also succumbed to the group’s violence. The tomb of Jonah was destroyed in the summer of 2014, soon after ISIS ...

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Passengers were celebrating Kurdish holidays when the vessel capsized in the Tigris River near Mosul, where heavy rains ... attending Friday prayers at mosques in Christchurch has rocked New ...

The UAE and Iraq on Monday launched a joint effort to reconstruct Mosul's Great Mosque of Al Nuri and its iconic leaning minaret, ravaged last year during battles to retake the city from militants.