It’s not merely a gate. It’s a threshold to a memory restored at last. Beneath the dust and shadow of war, remnants of the ...

From the pulpit of this medieval mosque on July 4, 2014, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a self-styled ‘caliphate’ spanning parts of Syria and Iraq. Sign up here.

Al-Nuri mosque holds historical significance as the ... The jihadist group once controlled large areas of Iraq and Syria, imposing a brutal regime until they were ousted by Iraqi forces with ...

Five large bombs were discovered hidden in the walls of the historic al-Nuri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a remnant of the armed group ISIL’s (ISIS’s) rule over the region.

The Rwanga Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in the Iraqi city of Erbil, has inaugurated the country's first fully ...

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the spiritual head of Iraq's Shia Muslims, has called for a week of mourning. Shias in Baghdad attacked at least five Sunni mosques in reprisal raids, with disturbances ...

which is affiliated with the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the main Shiite party. Jalal Eddin al-Sagheer, the preacher at the mosque and one of the country's leading ...