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Mosul

Students gather to take a group picture during the library repat the University of Mosul in front of the theatre on Feb. 19, 2022.
Culture
After years of conflict and rebuilding, Mosul University’s Central Library marks new beginning  
An archbishop blesses a man with his golden cross
Human rights
Iraqi archbishop who helped save ancient manuscripts from ISIS nominated for EU award
The front of mosque is seen amid rubble. Behind the door, is a distinctive blue dome.
On Yom Kippur, remembering Mosul’s rich and diverse past
Conflict
After ISIS counterattack, Iraqi forces continue bloody offensive in Mosul
Mosul minaret
Conflict
Iconic ‘Hadba’ minaret destroyed as ISIS loses ground in Mosul
Global Politics
Watch Live: Trump meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah
A displaced Iraqi woman, who fled from clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq
Conflict
ISIS has found a new, deadly use for human shields in Mosul
A woman and her child, having fled Qayyarah, arrive at a front line position.
Conflict
Life under ISIS is ‘endlessly frightening and endlessly tedious’
Some of the art at risk in Nimrud.
Culture
‘When I heard that ISIS is bulldozing the ancient city of Nimrud, I cried’
A man looks at an ancient Assyrian statue of a winged bull with a human head at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad on February 28, 2015.
Culture
After more than a decade, Iraq’s national treasures go back on display
Culture
Experts watch in horror as Islamic State fighters destroy ancient artifacts
Policemen who fled Mosul train in a camp near Erbil to try to take their city back from ISIS.
Conflict
The men who ran from ISIS in Mosul say they’re ready to take the city back
Raid Latif has been making the Erbil-Baghdad trip for nearly five years. One one trip, he says he saw a car full of Iraqi security forces executed by ISIS fighters on the side of the road.
Conflict
Iraq’s Baghad-to-Erbil route is a lifeline, but still a dangerous one
The main atrium of this would-be mall is now home to hundreds of Iraqis from villages outside Mosul. Here the concrete floors and walls give families more protection than the displaced families living in tents in a public park just across the street.
Conflict
Erbil’s abandoned construction sites are a ‘saving grace’ for refugees
Displaced women from the minority Yezidi sect. ISIS is increasingly subjecting women to rape, as well as forced conversions and marriage.
Belief
Some Yazidi women who have escaped ISIS barbarism aren’t hopeful for their futures
People walk through the rubble of the Prophet Younis Mosque after it was destroyed in a bomb attack by militants from ISIS in the city of Mosul on July 24, 2014.
Conflict
Mosul residents will be listening closely to President Obama’s speech
Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Makhmur.
Conflict
Kurds in northern Iraq now suspect their Arab neighbors of siding with ISIS
Displaced demonstrators from the minority Yazidi sect gather during a protest against militants of ISIS in Irbil on August 4, 2014.
Conflict
A trench is all that stands between ISIS and some Iraqi refugees
Shiite shrine
Global Politics
On the 4th of July, one Iraq scholar reflects on a country still struggling to find peace
People in Mosul walk past a flag for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
Conflict & Justice
‘Scary? No. They seem to be good people’ – How one Mosul resident sees life under ISIS
Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.
Conflict & Justice
Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover
Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.
Conflict & Justice
Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover
Families fleeing the violence in Mosul wait at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region on June 10, 2014. Radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of most of Iraq's second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday, overrunning
Conflict & Justice
Islamic militants have taken over Iraq’s second-largest city
Families fleeing the violence in Mosul wait at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region on June 10, 2014. Radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of most of Iraq's second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday, overrunning
Conflict & Justice
Islamic militants have taken over Iraq’s second-largest city
Arts, Culture & Media
Ancient art from Iraq
Conflict & Justice
Iraqi Situation: The Situation on the Ground
Global Politics
The front page: Elections in Mosul and a Russian spy
Lifestyle & Belief
Iraqi Christians under threat in Mosul
Conflict & Justice
Violence in Mosul
Trouble in Mosul