BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul’s Old City Monday, eight years after the ...

Symbol of ISIS defeat and the disaster of the war, the Al-Nuri Mosque has been restored along with Mosul city. A symbol of how a city can rise again from the ruins of war, the al-Nuri mosque is being ...

A view of the mosque and minaret in 1932 (image courtesy LOC/Wikipedia) A view of the “leaning” minaret in 2013 (via Wikipedia) The mosque has an important role in ISIS propaganda, because it is the ...

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