It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad. Situated on the banks of Tigris, the city encloses the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh —once the largest city in the world —on its east side. [6]

Feb 12, 2025 · UNESCO officials tour Mosul's Old City. For Shakir Mahmoud, a father of six who runs a small market out of his house in the Old City, the minaret was the last sight he saw as he fled the...

Feb 6, 2025 · 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 2017.

The battle for the retake of Mosul, concluded in July 2017 after several months of armed conflict, inflicted a severe damage to its Old City. Circa 60 percent of the historic urban fabric has been severely affected, with a significant loss of integrity within the historic core.

Feb 6, 2025 · 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...

Feb 11, 2025 · A major project to reconstruct Mosul’s Old City is nearing completion, nearly eight years after the Iraqi city was liberated from the Islamic State (ISIL). Mosul, which means ‘the meeting point’ in Arabic, has a history dating back thousands of years, with some of the historic buildings in the Old City dating back to the 12th Century.

Mosul Old City. As mentioned earlier, Mosul’s Old City is among the oldest neighborhoods in the world but sadly the Old City has been almost entirely reduced to rubble following the Battle of Mosul. As you wander the narrow lanes you’ll find structures still partially intact among piles of brick and ceramic.

Established across from the ancient ruins of the Assyrian city of Nineveh on the western bank of the Tigris, the Old City of Mosul succeeded Nineveh in importance during the Median, Achaemenid and Seleucid Empires.

Apr 21, 2017 · Satabraq’s family is among the estimated 400,000 civilians, about a quarter of Mosul’s pre-war population, trapped in the Old City, according to the United Nations. The densely populated...

Feb 17, 2019 · Mosul, Iraq – Almost two years after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared it liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group, the Old City of...