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Iraq's al-Nouri Mosque reopens eight years after ISIS destroyed it

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Fire at wedding in Northern Iraq kills more than 100 people

There was no official word on the cause of the blaze, but the Kurdish television news channel Rudaw aired footage showing fireworks shooting up from the floor of the event and setting a chandelier aflame.

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WATCH: Sandstorm hits Iraq's Mosul, shrouding landmarks in dust

A sandstorm hits the northern Iraqi city of Mosul with local landmarks such as the Al-Nuri mosque and the Mosul Bridge shrouded in dust.

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The old western part of Iraq's northern city of Mosul

Buildings, houses and the destroyed 12th century Great Mosque of al-Nuri in the old west side of Iraq's northern city of Mosul are filmed by a drone.

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Iraq opens its doors to tourists with free guided tours

With a stunning array of marketplaces and 12th-century architecture, the scars of war are starting to heal in this historic part of the Middle East.

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Robot waiters are bringing this Iraqi city into the future

The technology powering the android waiters was partly developed locally by young people from the University of Mosul.

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Robot waiters take Iraqis in Mosul into the future

From the rubble of the war-torn Iraqi city of Mosul, androids emerge here and there in a restaurant to serve their amused customers.

Iraq

In Iraq, Macron visits mosques and churches in the ruins of Mosul

Macron visited the city that was held by ISIS for almost five years.

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Mosul residents welcome 2021 after difficult year

Iraqis celebrated New Year's Eve with fireworks, songs, and dances in the celebration square in East Mosul as well as Khan Gumruk bazaar in West Mosul.

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Christianity in Iraq 'will never die' insists Archbishop of Mosul

Christianity in Iraq 'will never die' insists Archbishop of Mosul

Iraq

Anger and grief over the Iraq ferry disaster in which at least 95 people were killed

The boat was loaded to five times its capacity, according to a local official. The Prime Minister of Iraq has called for the sacking of the regional Governor.

World

Mosul's ticking timebomb

One year after the fall of ISIS Mosul is still a city in ruins, where an estimated 8 million tons of remnants of war partially buried under the debris."

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Stories of brutality and survival in Mosul

We met the people who survived the 9-month battle of Mosul, but also the three hard years of ISIS' occupation. Each of the people you will find on this page has been seriously injured and gone through trauma. Like them, there are another 54,000 in Mosul alone.

Iraq

One year after liberation, little progress made in Mosul

One year after liberation, little progress made in Mosul as residents wait for reconstruction.

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Christians in the Middle East celebrate Easter

People across the region joined services marking the occasion.

Iraq

Love is back in the air in Mosul

Love has returned to the streets of Mosul for the first time in three years after Iraqi forces drove out ISIL extremists in 2017.

United Kingdom

Iraq re-construction to cost $88bn

Among the hardest-hit areas is Mosul, where fighting displaced more than five million people

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Who will pick up the massive tab to rebuild Mosul?

Officials in Mosul warn that a failure to reconstruct Mosul after being obliterated in the battle to defeat ISIL could result in the rebirth of terrorism.

Iraq

Euroviews. View: 'Mosul was a horror and I wanted so badly to help'

I wanted make an impact if only for one patient at a time

Iraq

Iraqi security forces launch offensive on city of Tal Afar

Iraqi security forces launched a U.S.-backed offensive to take back the city of Tal Afar, in the campaign to defeat Islamic State militants.

Iraq

Rebuilding Mosul - bringing the demolished city back from the dead

After nine months of continued conflict, work has begun to rebuild the Iraqi city of Mosul. Many of the residential districts have been heavily damaged, if not completely flattened.