Why Mosul’s Great Mosque of al-Nuri mattered How the battle for Mosul unfolded The Iraq representative of the UN's cultural agency, Unesco, told those attending the ceremony on Sunday that the ...

Iraqi forces say IS blew up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its famous leaning minaret as jihadists battled to stop advancing pro-government troops. IS said American aircraft had destroyed the ...

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.

The Al-Nuri Mosque and its minaret were severely damaged by the Islamic State (ISIS), but their reconstruction is now part of ...