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          Mosul

          Latest news and stories about the Iraqi city that was once an ISIS stronghold and has been reconstructed through UAE, Unesco and EU funding

          An Iraqi Airways plane on the tarmac at Mosul International Airport. AFP

          Mosul airport reopens for first time since ISIS rule

          MENANovember 06, 2025
          The National

          Shadi's take on the restoration of Mosul's heritage

          CartoonSeptember 03, 2025
          Mosul's Al Nuri Mosque, once used by ISIS to declare its 'caliphate', has been restored along with several churches and 124 heritage houses. AFP

          Mosul restoration is a defiant rejection of extremism

          EditorialSeptember 02, 2025
          The leaning minaret of Al Nuri Mosque once again towers proudly over Mosul's Old City after a restoration led by the UAE. AFP

          Sheikh Mohamed 'wanted culture of life in Mosul to defeat culture of death'

          MENASeptember 01, 2025
          Qu Xing, Unesco's deputy director general, called the project 'a lesson for the world'. EPA

          'Lessons learnt' from rebuilding Mosul’s Al Nuri Mosque, Unesco says

          MENASeptember 01, 2025
          The Al Nuri Mosque in the final stages of renovation. AFP

          Al Nuri Mosque has endured eight centuries of conflict and flux

          MENASeptember 01, 2025
          The National

          Shadi's take on the reopening of Mosul International Airport

          CartoonAugust 20, 2025
          Workers repair the runway at Mosul airport in 2023. Bosses aim to restore the aviation hub to full operation this year. AFP

          Emirati and Omani firms bid to operate Iraqi airport destroyed by ISIS

          AviationAugust 20, 2025
          ISIS militants blown up the mosque’s famous leaning minaret in June 2017 as they retreated from the last urban stronghold they held for almost three years of ruinous war. Photo: Sunni Waqf

          Long lost to time, northern gate of Al Nuri Mosque rises again

          MENAMay 16, 2025
          Pope Francis at Hosh Al Bieaa Church Square in Mosul in 2021. He prayed amid the rubble of a city devastated during its occupation by ISIS. AP

          Iraqis reflect on Pope Francis's historic visit to Mosul

          MENAApril 22, 2025
          The project reimagines the city’s lost heritage, transforming the functional architecture of doors into sculptural monuments engraved on both sides. Photo: Louis-Cyprien Rials

          The conceptual art project unlocking the past to heal present wounds

          MENAMarch 14, 2025
          The leaning Al Hadba minaret, nicknamed the 'hunchback', has been painstakingly restored. Reuters

          Unesco chief says Mosul ‘beacon of hope’ as Al Nuri Mosque restored

          MENAFebruary 05, 2025
          Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, was the first to fall into the hands of ISIS during their blitz in mid-2014. Photo: Abdul-Sattar Abdul-Jabar Sultan

          Library on wheels: A professor's journey to reignite passion for reading

          MENADecember 27, 2024
          This still from video posted to a militant website on July 5, 2014, shows then ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi delivering a sermon at Al Nouri Mosque in Mosul. AP

          The ISIS 'caliphate' failed but extremism remains an evolving threat

          CommentJuly 18, 2024
          ISIS fighters parade through Mosul shortly after seizing control of the city in June 2014. AP

          Remembering the day ISIS seized Mosul 10 years ago

          MENAJune 07, 2024
          Al Masfi mosque, Mosul oldest mosque reopens. Photo: Aliph Foundation

          Mosul's oldest mosque reopens years after ISIS destruction

          IraqMarch 07, 2024
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