The al-Nuri mosque has been restored to its former glory thanks to the work financed by UNESCO together with the restoration ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years ... worked alongside Iraqi heritage and Sunni religious authorities to reconstruct the minaret using traditional techniques and materials salvaged from ...

16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul to dislodge ISIS fighters ... Ivor Prickett and Emin Ozmen—have documented Iraq’s push against ISIS and the resulting flow ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds from S to SSW. The overnight low will be 40 °F (4.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). Cloudy today with a high of ...

ISIS wrecked 80 percent of public infrastructure and 70 percent of civilian homes in Sinjar City and surrounding areas.

Iraqi Christians were sometimes asked why they were in the country, as if they were newcomers, Bishop Baines said. The ...

Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract ...

IRAQI Kurdish peshmerga fighters made their most determined bid yet to breach Islamic State (Isis) defences at Bashiqa yesterday in the ongoing battle to encircle and liberate Mosul. They exchanged ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi religious artifacts smuggled from the Middle East that the government ...

A new film, "The 21," recounts the beheadings 10 years ago of 21 Coptic Christians by ISIS radicals. But the film also ...

February 18, 2025 • Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, according to the Vatican. There's concern about the ability of the 88-year-old pontiff to fight off the infection. February 18, 2025 ...