After suffering widespread destruction during the militant group's occupation, Mosul has reopened some of its iconic buildings.

The runway of Mosul International Airport in northern Iraq before its reinauguration early on July 16, 2025 [Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP] Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has inaugurated the ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — 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 until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in ...

The Iraqi-led operation to retake the western part of Mosul from Islamic State fighters began this week. Despite the hardships, many people are choosing to stay in their homes, making it challenging ...

Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has been renovated in a boost for Iraq’s second city as it rebuilds after ...

Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have officially reopened after years of restoration, nearly a decade after their destruction during the Islamic State's occupation. The reconsecration ceremonies ...

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 ...

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 Monday, eight years after the mosque ...

Airstrikes, shelling and other heavy clashes shook a small sliver of western Mosul on Tuesday in renewed fighting, a day after the government declared victory over Islamic State militants in Iraq's ...

MOSUL – 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 until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017. Nearly ...