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Mosul encloses the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh – once the largest city in the world – on its east side. Mosul is considered among the larger and more historically and culturally significant cities of the Arab world. Due to Mosul's strategic location, it has traditionally served as a hub of international commerce and travel.
Jul 9, 2022 · MOSUL, Iraq—“Mother of two springs” is how Mosul, Iraq’s ancient northern metropolis, is known to its people. Al-Hadba—or “hunchback”—is another nickname for the city, referring to its famous...
Five years after the liberation of Mosul, this iconic city in Iraq is on the path to reconstruction. The restoration of emblematic landscape and monuments of this thousand-year-old city is underway, leaving the devastation of violence and occupation in the past.
Mar 8, 2024 · Nearly seven years after Mosul’s liberation, following three years of occupation by Islamic State, also known as Isis, Iraq’s second-largest city is bustling.
Jul 11, 2024 · Mosul, city, capital of Ninawa governorate, northwestern Iraq. It is the second largest city in Iraq and the chief commercial center of the northwestern portion of the country. Mosul encircles the ancient city of Nineveh, and it reached its political zenith under the Zangid dynasty in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Mosul (Arabic: الموصل al-Mawṣil, Maṣlawī Arabic: al-Mōṣul, Assyrian: ܢܝܢܘܐ Ninaweh, Kurdish: Mosul/Ninawa, Turkish: Musul) is a city in Iraq's Northwestern region, and is the country's second largest city by population. Its religious makeup is one of the most diverse in the country.
1 day ago · Patriarch Sako leads Aramaic-language peace prayer in Vatican. In June 2014, Mosul and the Nineveh Plains area of northern Iraq were conquered by so-called Islamic State. The terrorists left a trail of destruction in their wake, and a quarter of the population, primarily Christians and Yazidis, fled the city. The memory remains painful despite ...
Support your local PBS station here: https://www.pbs.org/donate . In “Mosul,” FRONTLINE presented an extraordinary look at the brutal battle to drive ISIS out of Iraq’s second-largest city ...
Mosul was devastated and the city was left in ruins. Therefore, in February 2018, UNESCO launched the flagship initiative “Revive the Spirit of Mosul” as a response to the recovery of one of Iraq's iconic cities.
1 day ago · This project is part of UNESCO’s flagship initiative "Revive the Spirit of Mosul", launched in 2018 by Director-General Audrey Azoulay as a response to the recovery of one of Iraq's iconic cities. It reflects UNESCO's broader vision of fostering unity and resilience through support for cultural life and heritage restoration.
