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1 giorno fa · Former Ottoman Mosul Vilayet became the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq, but Mosul remained the provincial capital. Mosul in 1932. The leaning minaret of Great Mosque of al-Nuri gave the city its nickname "the hunchback" (الحدباء al-Ḥadbāˈ). Mosul's fortunes revived with the discovery of oil in the area, from
3 giorni fa · Iraq's Jewish community reached an apex in the 12th century, with 40,000 Jews, 28 synagogues, and ten yeshivot, or Rabbinic academies. Jews participated in commerce, artisanal labor and medicine.
4 giorni fa · In “Mosul,” FRONTLINE presented an extraordinary look at the brutal battle to drive ISIS out of Iraq’s second-largest city, which some military commanders described at the time as the deadliest urban combat since World War II.
2 giorni fa · He has photographed war and its effects in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan and has a long-term commitment to documenting civilian casualties as a result of conflict. “This Alabaster Grave” marks Yar’s first monograph depicting Mosul, within the context of its history and now largely ruined architecture.
3 giorni fa · A moving documentary, premiered at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, showcased the patient rebuilding of the Dominican convent of Our Lady of the Hour Convent in Mosul after the destruction...
2 giorni fa · In mid-June the confrontation between Sunni militants and the government reached a crisis point when ISIL fighters seized the northern city of Mosul, the second largest in Iraq, meeting little resistance from security forces. Fighters then moved south, overrunning Tikrīt.
2 giorni fa · Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul with the support of the US-led coalition in July 2017 after months of intense fighting. Iraq declared victory over the group the following December. Having lost its territorial caliphate, Daesh mounted an insurgency from rural and mountainous redoubts.
